This view is an attempt to preserve the meaningfulness of ethics by keeping it objectionable. ... There are loads of similarities between religions throughout the world in the values that they hold and what they view as wrong. ... There are groups within the Christian religion that would argue for it and also those who oppose it. ...
Rationalists believed that an important group of foundational concepts are known through reason, as opposed to Empiricists who believed they are known through experiences like sense perceptions and emotions. ... This is where Spinoza separates his views from the cast majority of western philosophers and theologians. They strongly rejected this view in favor of a transcendent concept of God, which holds that God is distinct from his creation. ...
Is he this evil, mean, non-caring being that destroys all who oppose him, or is he a simple experimenter? ... Several other views of the instances are around, but I believe that God was an experimenter and wanted to create, to learn, and to make an attempt to maintain the goodness of his creation. ...
This statue is an example of how artists in the Hellenistic era accurately portrayed age and real life characterization, as opposed to the fake beauty seen in the classical era. ... When viewing The Statue of Eros Sleeping, a sense of sadness and vulnerability is evident, while the Old Market Woman conveys hardship and pride. ...
Outline the Ontological argument for the existence of God and consider the view that, while it may strengthen a believer's faith, it has no value for the non-believer. ... Gaunilo opposed Anselm, putting forward his own argument of the most perfect island. ...
"To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy." William Ralph Inge (Idea of Progress, 1920) Can Mankind survive without region? For centuries this question has been asked and the same response is received over and over again: we just do not...
As science has expanded and been able to answer these questions with natural, as opposed to supernatural answers, many people stopped looking to God and religion for the causes of things and started looking towards science. ... In the article, "Science Finds God" (Newsweek 1998) it was recognized that although theologians and scientists differ sharply in their views and do not see any type of middle ground between the two fields, others feel that religion and science do not contradict each other, but compliment each other. ...
With over 4,000 religions spread across the world and approximately 7.13 billion people who are subject to being a part of one, religion is a major topic among us. It's something that nearly all humans have in common. People in all eras of history, all around the world, have contemplated the same th...
In "Daddy" the father myth is approached from an opposite angle, as Plath defines her symbol not as God, but as the opposing force of the Devil. ... In "The Colossus" Plath views the father symbol as all powerful and inextricably connected to her nature (and the nature of mankind on a whole). ...
Marx's views on religion do not apply to all situations. ... This would happen only when people left behind their psychological illusions and lived as a people in a world of scientific knowledge, as opposed to a world dominated by religious thought. ...
