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  • The Connection of God and Nature in Bryant’s Thanatopsis

    The Connection of God and Nature in Bryant’s Thanatopsis

    The Connection of God and Nature in Bryant’s “Thanatopsis” “Thanatopsis”, by William Cullen Bryant says that nature tells us different things at different times. When we are having good times, God and nature attribute to that. When we are having bad times, God and nature are willing to help us through our problems. In this poem, Bryant makes a connection between God and Nature through society, imagery, destiny, status, and trust. Although ‘Thanatopsis’ is the

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    Essay Length: 568 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • ‘only God Has the Right to Interfere with Our Genes' Do You Agree?

    ‘only God Has the Right to Interfere with Our Genes' Do You Agree?

    The word gene comes from the word for ‘origin’ in Greek. Genes are sections of DNA that determine the structure of a protein. They are the foundation of all life on earth. They form and decide the characteristics of every living creature and the genes that exist today are there because they have been successfully reproduced in the past. The DNA that determines the person that we grow into is created from half of each

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    Essay Length: 1,346 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Nietzsche : God Is Dead

    Nietzsche : God Is Dead

    The Question: State your understanding of the philosophy of F. Nietzsche. What does he mean by saying "God is Dead"? Nietzsche's philosophy is that of a radical view as it calls for the complete reevaluation of morals and blatantly attacks the Judeo-Christian tradition in modern society. He believed one should dare to become who they are. In order to ascertain one's full potential as a human being, the ethic system of which by society runs,

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Yan
  • God and Satan in Milton’s Paradise Lost

    God and Satan in Milton’s Paradise Lost

    In John Milton's Paradise Lost, he tells of Satan's banishment from Heaven. He and his brigade have plotted war against God and are now doomed to billow in the fiery pits of hell. Satan is a complex character with many meaningful qualities. The relationship between Satan's qualities and Hell's atmosphere tell the reader more about why they seem to go hand in hand. Without Satan's features and Hell's tormenting aspects, the place would not be

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    Essay Length: 403 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Jon
  • A Loving God?

    A Loving God?

    Everyone always looks at the Bible as a loving book. It is considered God's Word. It helps us live a better life and serves as a guidebook showing us how to live on the right path. The characters in it are ones to be looked up to. Moses, Noah, Abraham, etc. were all righteous followers of God and set good examples for us even today. However, those who read deeper into the Bible will find

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton: Compassion and Willingness to Love God

    Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton: Compassion and Willingness to Love God

    Introduction: Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton’s most important element in her life was teaching young girls. The writer will explain to you how and why Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton is such a saintly figure not only in their life but in many other peoples lives as well. One will be more able to have a true sense of the many different obstacles that Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton had to overcome to come to

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: regina
  • The Provocative Matter of Existence

    The Provocative Matter of Existence

    The Provocative Matter of Existence Rene Descartes, John Locke, and Bertrand Russell all have doubts about our knowledge of the existence of material things. Descartes believes that our senses may be sufficient enough to understand what matter is assuming it's actually there. Locke claims that our senses may make up descriptions of matter, but these are only interpretations and there is no real end to figuring out material bodies in that things can always be

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Jessica
  • God the Oldest Question

    God the Oldest Question

    This book written by author, William J. O’Malley asks the questions about God and the existence of God. O’Malley tries to show people why faith in a God is important and in this book he goes through atheism, science, and different world religions to make a case for the profound significance of God. He debates the belief and unbelief of if there really is a God and why it matters to decide what a person

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    Essay Length: 1,227 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Mike
  • Positive Media Role Modeles Do Exist

    Positive Media Role Modeles Do Exist

    "Hmm. Let's stop and think" (Nickelodeon). This is one of Dora the Explorer's favorite phrases. Dora is a young Latina who lives inside a computer. She goes on missions exploring the world, and learning new things along the way. She is a role model for children everywhere. Young people learn about problem solving skills (as demonstrated by her favorite phrase), courage, and the world around them. Role models, such as Dora the Explorer, enhance children's

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Mike
  • Berkeley's and Hume's Philosophy About God

    Berkeley's and Hume's Philosophy About God

    Berkeley’s and Hume’s Philosophy about God When people think about empiricists, they usually discuss views of great philosophers such as George Berkeley and David Hume. Empiricists believe that all knowledge comes from the senses. Rationalists, on the other hand, believe that we can gain knowledge through the inspection of innate ideas. Although Berkeley and Hume are both empiricists, they still have different opinions about the existence of God. Berkeley’s philosophy uses God as the central

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    Essay Length: 1,511 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Top
  • Health of Body, Health of Existence

    Health of Body, Health of Existence

    Never in recorded history has man fully renounced the tradition of including meat in a basic diet (Yount). The practice of vegetarianism has grown in popularity in recent years, causing many to speculate as to whether this is a beneficial choice to make. The arguments are not limited to health problems, but also include moral objections and human anatomical problems. Vegetarianism may seem like an advantageous decision to make, as the arguments for it are

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    Essay Length: 679 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Stenly
  • The Attributes of God as Seen in the Old Testament

    The Attributes of God as Seen in the Old Testament

    The Attributes of God as Seen in the Old Testament “Essence of God” is a term used to refer to God’s personal characteristics or the facets of His personality. These facets cannot be completely communicated to man. They can be described to a degree, but they cannot be fully defined because finite man cannot comprehend the infinite. The Bible is the Word of God, and it reveals those facts about the Creator that He has

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    Essay Length: 1,304 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Hume and Self Existance

    Hume and Self Existance

    The modern philosopher, David Hume, argued that the proof of self existence was not possible. Hume stated, “If any impression gives rise to the idea of self, that impression must continue invariably the same, through the whole course of our lives; since self is supposed to exist after that manner” (Kolack and Thompson 642). Although Hume made some valid arguments, his views on self existence are both wrong and arrogant. The existence of self can

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Can Man Have Access to God?

    Can Man Have Access to God?

    Job 22-24: Can Man Have Access to God? The idea of coming before God and the Creator of all things is an overwhelming concept for man. Being able to have access to His majesty and power, and to be the recipient of His knowledge is incomprehensible. David proclaimed in his Psalm, “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Max
  • St.Anseln’s ontological Argument for the Experience of God

    St.Anseln’s ontological Argument for the Experience of God

    St. Anselm's ontological argument for the experience of God. God's existence may vary from philosopher to philosopher, but according to the late St. Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury there was absolutely no doubt that God's presence is certain, and yet the philosopher desires the understanding of faith. As stated; if god cannot be thought to exist, then whomever which may be conceived, only a fool would believe that he God does not exist. Only a fool

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Personal Gods, Deism, & Ther Limits of Skepticism

    Personal Gods, Deism, & Ther Limits of Skepticism

    In order to continue our discussion of the legitimate philosophical, scientific, and religious aspects of the science and religion quagmire we need a frame of reference to guide us. What I present here is an elaboration on a classification scheme proposed by Michael Shermer. (5) Shermer suggests that there are three worldviews, or "models," that people can adopt when thinking about science and religion. According to the same worlds model there is only one reality

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Augustine’s Idea of God

    Augustine’s Idea of God

    Augustine's Idea of God Best to begin by hearing Augustine call on his God. quid es ergo, deus meus? summe, optime, potentissime, omnipotentissime, misericordissime et iustissime, secretissime et praesentissime, pulcherrime et fortissime, stabilis et incomprehensibilis, immutabilis mutans omnia, numquam novus numquam vetus, semper agens semper quietus, conligens et non egens, portans et implens et protegens, creans et nutriens et perficiens, quaerens cum nihil desit tibi. et quid diximus, deus meus, vita mea, dulcedo mea sancta,

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Jon
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Their Eyes Were Watching God Growth and development are affected by many outside influences such as heredity and environment. Heredity influences are beyond one’s control, but environmental ones seem to have the greatest impact on a person's development. Throughout our lives the people we come in contact with will, in one way or another, influence who we become. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston Janie develops as a woman through her

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Tasha
  • God Is a Psychological Need

    God Is a Psychological Need

    God is a psychological Need In C.E.M. Joad's essay "How Religion Arose, and Why it Flourished," Religion is described as a “psychological need.” Joad explains that we use God as a comfort device. Religious people look to God to abolish their fears that they may have. Joad argues that people are simply afraid of death. Joad claims believing in God is a security blanket; that God will protect them in death. I do not believe

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Acts of God

    Acts of God

    Acts of God Farther away, 200 to 300 priests and Levites huddled near the High Priest, Chaim Levin, who stood a safe distance away in a tableau of mock defiance toward the men on the steps. A few steps farther back, the crowds watched from behind a line of armed Israeli soldiers. Reporters from the international news media, unable to leave the country and aware that Jerusalem was Christopher's destination, waited for his arrival, ready

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Janna
  • Who Is God

    Who Is God

    What/who is God? God The existence of the world and everything in it can only be explained if there is a God who is the first cause. Aquinas states that it is impossible for any being to be the efficient cause of itself because then it would have to bring itself into being, and to bring itself into being, it would have to exist before it existed. If a being exists, it is because some

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: July
  • City of God

    City of God

    Living in the United States we ourselves have standards and also guidelines we follow as citizens of this great nation. Of course we must take the good with the bad but ones has the chance to go either way. We could choose to follow the majority of the citizens and live productive lives. Or we could be on the other side of the law living lives of crime. However, what about in other countries? Does

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    Essay Length: 1,857 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Mikki
  • The Two Great Gods of Earth - Demeter and Dionysus

    The Two Great Gods of Earth - Demeter and Dionysus

    The Two Great Gods of Earth Demeter and Dionysus The broad topic of Mythology was somewhat forgotten, but is now being rediscovered. Mythology involves tales of gods and goddesses to explain things that are now used science for. Demeter and Dionysus are two different characters in this tale of gods from Greek mythology. Demeter and Dionysus are two characters that are closely related but are both very different at the same time in terms of

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Andrew
  • The only Truth Existing

    The only Truth Existing

    Truth The Only Truth Existing The Only Truth Existing "We are, then, faced with a quite simple alternative: Either we deny that there is here anything that can be called truth - a choice that would make us deny what we experience most profoundly as our own being; or we must look beyond the realm of our "natural" experience for a validation of our certainty." A famous philosopher, Rene Descartes, once stated, "I am, [therefore]

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Max
  • There Eyes Were Watching God

    There Eyes Were Watching God

    Their Eyes Were Watching God It is human nature to look for happiness. Some people find it in material possessions, some find it in money, but most of us find it in love. To find true love is a difficult task especially now in the times of cell phones and Jaguars. Money and power play a big role in today’s society, and some people would rather have those things than a love of another human

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Mike

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