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Reflections on Klostermaier’s Experience and Dialogue In chapter seven of Klaus Klostermaier’s In the Paradise of Krishna, Klostermaier detailes his celebration of the “Indian Christmas”. He spends the birthday of Lord Krishna with Gopalji a devout Hindu holy man. Gopalji’s wife had died years ago, and his kids were older and living their busy and separate lives. The celebration of the birth of Krishna was the highlight of each of his years. Gopalji leads the group puja (prayer service), which

A composer’s text reveals the values and perspectives, reflecting the altering contexts of society. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby divulges the unscrupulous 1920s, comprising of the hedonistic and materialistic society of America. Correspondingly, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s various sonnets establishes a restrained, solitary response, revealing the composer’s context. Both mediums explore the notion of religion, either prominently or vaguely utilising a variety of literacy and poetic

How long has mankind been arguing, and what exactly is the narrative for these arguments? If a person is a Christian and believes the Bible is the Word of God, then it is a fact, Adam and Eve knew the existence of God. They had direct experiential knowledge. Cain had direct knowledge of God, as did Noah and Abraham. So when did man stop knowing that God exists and arguing for non-existence? This path that man first took, a small step down, has now turned into the main highway that more and more people

In the third meditation, Descartes sets out to prove that God exists, is the reason for existence, is the reason for people having thought, and that he is not a deceiving God. First, Descartes defines God as being: “a supreme God – eternal, infinite, unchangeable, omniscient, omnipotent and the creator of everything that exists except for himself” (paragraph 15). Descartes goes through a long process to prove that the fact that man thinks of God alone means that he exists; the simple explanation

Frankl’s work though widely appreciated has also garnered some criticism from various philosophers . The first one comes from Ken Niemann who argues that the name “Logotherapy” is anthetical to Frankl’s core beliefs (http://www.recoverytoday.net/articles/342-on-the-philosophy-of-recovery-reason-meaning-and-logotherapy). According to Niemann, the word Logos was first found in the writings of Heraclitus, a greek philospher, who claimed the logos can be used to describe the fabric of universe which

Perfection through Imperfection There is a difference between being open-minded and the willingness to accept those around them, versus drawing a line between people and separating each one from one another and judging them individually for their flaws. People are not perfect, it is clear to the world. Yet, many still idolize the theory or idea as of what a god is and how he wishes man to live out their life, as a perfect specimen, which in turn leads to the judgement on their own mirror representation

In Descartes’ Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, he explains the various steps that should be taken in achieving genuine knowledge. Descartes rejects all beliefs in things that are doubtable, and he then tries to unbiasedly reestablish what can be known for sure. One of his most interesting argument is proving the existence of God. He hoped to provide a way for atheists, who demand a logical explanation in God’s existence, to believe in God. His rules of thought meant to ensure

Whether God Exists The question is that is it possible to prove the existence of God in a strictly scientific? Answer is incredibly straightforward that there is no individual in the world who could come back with a solid proof whether God exists or not. One of the primary difficulties is the lack of a general characterization of the existence or nonexistence of which is required to be proved. First of all, for the benefit of further narrative, I would like to give the most general definition of

David Hume, a philosopher of the Enlightenment, challenged the thinking of the eighteenth century by questioning transcendentalism and believing one’s knowledge comes from one’s own senses. Considered a skeptic of the eighteenth century, Hume believes “we cannot get beyond our central perceptions to discover the essence of things, therefore we cannot find the causes of things” (Sonnino 3/10/16). He instead calls this theory “constant conjunction,” when one may consider things to keep happening in

The argument I have chosen to write an essay about is "The Argument from Desire" (Kreeft & Tacelli, 1994). An argument for the existence of God can be stated in many compelling ways to non-believers. The argument from desire is a challenging argument. God is all around us, a non-believer will not understand. The supporting statement, that God exists is explained by introducing the concept that if the natural being inside of us yearns for an explanation to the reason all things exist, then that explanation