God even created free will and evil to be just to us and allow for us to actually be humans. ... If God created free will it wouldn't actually be free will since God was the initiator of the cycle, ultimately determining any cause after that simply by default. ... God is the origin of decisions, even free will, but we are free so which is true? ... The "Free Will Defense" argues that a world with free will is better than one without it as it has choices and gives power to those who have free will. ... Since God must create the best possible world, he created free will for the hi...

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Here please note that unlike the other major world religions, Hindus also see the Supreme as Mother, including as Sri Meenakshi, as Visalakshi, as Kamakshi and as many other names of Sakthi. ... (No such thing as a free lunch.) -- Hindus strive to follow Karma Yoga which is Doing one's own duty without expectation of any rewards for it. 15. ... A goal of Hindus is to achieve Moksha, to be freed from the cycle of birth and death (when the "good" and the "bad" karmas balance.) or reach Swarga, the abode of the Divine Soul or Paramatma [God] to serve at His feet. ...

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According to Lucretian thought, we live within a world where "nature, free in a world no lords and masters rule, does everything by herself, without the gods.(54)" It is not possible for Gods to exist because "Gods know no suffering, they know no dangers, their self-engendered power needs naught of us; we cannot win their love or rouse their anger.(44) The absence of a god is logical in the sense that "nothing can come from nothing. ... Although the exact definition of this truth is not explicitly stated in either texts, both philosophers note that if in the case men reason incorrectly, "th...

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Another example is Joseph (son of Jacob) Jacob had twelve sons- Joseph the youngest and favorite to his father – envied by his brothers- dreams- taking food for brothers- sold to Egyptians-slave-from dearest son to a slave-lost even the identity as a free man- blessed in Potiphar's house-In charge of the house- Potiphar's wife- false accusation- again lost everything- in the prison- Kings dream- revealing the secret-next to Pharaoh- Better than what was previous. ... The prophet proclaimed that God will set his people free and take them home to Jerusalem. ... In spite of this m...

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In particular, he notes that his Master, Captain Auld, was one Christian who would vocally justify his abuse of slaves with a passage from the Bible that he misconstrued. ... Douglass is, therefore, strengthened in his fight for freedom because he understands that his true nature through the will of God is to be spiritually, mentally and physically free. ... He states: The old preacher could go no further than to give utterance to the familiar exhortations: "Trust in the Lord, the Lord can make you free"; "Ask in faith and He will give you what you ask." ...

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The only way to distinguish between two substances is by noting differences in their attributes or differences in their modes. ... First of all, Spinoza argues, there is no such thing as human free will. ...

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Religion has become one of the biggest moneymaking organizations in the world today, and a tax-free organization at that. ... The pope attempted to strike a similar note in his Christmas message, saying, "May the gentle face of the Child of Bethlehem remind everyone that we all have one Father." ...

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He also wanted them to understand that salvation and all of God's blessings are free, they cannot be bought nor can they be earned. ... The note that the King of Aram wrote to the King of Israel did nothing to heal him. ...

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It is through this period of sleep that Raskolnikov is transformed and rebirthed as an individual who is free from his past sins. ... Dostoevsky also notes Sonya as a dove when Marmelodov is talking again, "My little Dove" (28). ...

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O'Connor describes the appearance of Grandmother's "leathery thin face " and the trousers of Red Sam whose "stomach hung over them like a sack of meal swaying under his shirt " ("A Good Man..."" 34, 37).The characters appear this way to foster the shock that O'Connor intends, and Enjolras notes it as the hallmark of her writing (8-9). ... Freeman's name is ironic because she is burdened by the land that she works, so is not really free. ...

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PK is a 2014 Indian Hindi satirical comedy-drama film produced by Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and directed by Rajkumar Hirani. In this paper, an attempt has been made to look at a film like PK as a cultural text, having multiple cultural values. In this paper a comparison to an...

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