Human existence

On the topic of the existence of God, Ernest Nagel and Richard Swinburne have construct arguments that challenge one another. In Nagel’s article, “Does God Exist?” he argues that if God is all-powerful, omniscient, and benevolent; he would know when evil occurs and has the power to prevent it. Because evil occurs, God does not exist. This is the problem of evil. Challenging Nagel, the article by Swinburne, “Why God Allows Evil,” argues that God has the right to allow moral and natural evils to occur

something inherent in human nature nbd in the human condition that prevents humans from attaining any sort of meaning; This theory still stands even in the instance that a god and/or spiritual being exists. For nihilism we are going to examine nihilistic subtheories and the sub perspective of nihilism known as existentialism. There exists many subtheories of nihilism. We are going to focus on three of them: Invariable Dissatisfaction, Infinite Value Theorem, and Existence

H.J. McCloskey Published an article in a journal call Question One in February of 1968, he named it “On Being an Atheist”. In McCloskey’s article, he states a very compelling explanation in why he thinks the everlasting disputes of God’s existence fails. My paper is responding to McCloskey’s arguments with a theistic worldview. In McCloskey’s article, he ventured to explain how atheism is by far more rational, as well as more comfortable than theism is. McCloskey used the word “proof” instead

The very existence of God has always been a prevalent topic for philosophers for centuries. This common concept has thus brought about some very interesting theories and ideas revolving around it. Two very well-known individuals, as well as many others, in the philosophical world developed their own ideas of why the existence of God was logically sound. Descartes, author of the Third Meditation, proved the existence of God through the existence of man, claiming that man had to have derived from something

The existence of evil seems undeniable. As we progress through our lives and go through our everyday routines, we can see and acknowledge that evil is all around us. By simply turning on the news, we are immediately bombarded with reports of violent murders, dangerous storms, robberies and a new dangerous disease affecting half of the countries in the world. There is no denying that people suffer because we have experienced pain and suffering ourselves. At one point or another in our lives, we are

Also, it is wrong to think that just because we can reason clearly that a non-deceiving God must be allowing us to do so. It is possible that this is just a natural occurrence in human beings because it is an intrinsic characteristic. Secondly, to even think to reconcile scientific and religious views is entirely inappropriate. Descartes was a dualist in that he divided reality into two distinctly different realms. He said that

have given considerable examination is the question of the existence of God--the superlative being that philosophers have defined and dealt with for centuries. After reading the classic arguments of St. Anselm and St. Thomas Aquinas, the contentious assertions of Ernest Nagel, and the compelling eyewitness accounts of Julian of Norwich, I have been introduced to some of the most revered and referenced arguments for and against God's existence that have been put into text. All of them are well-thought

Question 1 Classified as Genesis this cosmogony in generalization covers and focuses mainly on the creation of the cosmos and is written and portrayed in a biblical format. Genesis in chapter one begins discussion of the “beginning” and how god (elohim) created the heaven and earth (cosmos). It is said that when the earth was shaped it was without form and emptiness and that darkness upon the face of the deep illustrated in the term chaos (Tehom). Eventually the spirit of god (elohim) came in

miracles: 1) the “bottom-up” approach—arguing from miracles to the existence of God, and 2) the “top-down” approach—providing independent reasons

the heart of philosophy. Existentialism is simply a philosophical approach that focuses on human freedom and responsibilities. Moreover, I agree with the philosophical position on mankind presented in Jean-Paul Sartre’s “Existentialism.” Man will be what he plans to be, solely depending on his will. Man creates himself and his future because he has full control of the choices he makes. Lastly, the existence of God would not make a difference in the world. From the past century, existentialism has