In times where natural disasters and tragedies had no explanation, belief in higher power helped one to cope with the fear and confusion that comes with uncertainty.  ... If God is good, then one must assume that good and evil are an independent fiat of God. ... According to many theologians, our decision to make right or wrong choices determines our fate in the netherworld. ... Another approach to proving the existence of an afterlife is quoting the bible. ... It also fails to focus on all the billions of other cases where good people have experienced horrifying torture, and why some people ...

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It is a mere name, a mere word to me, and yet it clings." ... Morality is based on thoughts of what is right and wrong, while ethics is based on morality and moral choices. ... Everyone was created with there own characteristics. ... Again science deals with ethical issues. ... Anything that does not make one feel good or comfortable with there decision is unethical. ...

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Although he studied under Plato, he disagreed with Plato on almost all issues. ... Today, the word means the study of weather, but he used it in a more general sense and included "all the affections we may call common to air and water and all kinds and parts of earth and the affections of its parts.... He applied his laws of logic to come up with new ideas about how things change. ... He believed the soul was a part of the human body and died with the body. ... He saw that too much or too little of anything could be bad, so then every good thing exists between two bad things or extremes. ...

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