the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster into our society. Some claimed that the church is purely a thought experiment‚ satire‚ illustrating that Intelligent Design is not science‚ but rather a pseudoscience manufactured by Christians to push Creationism into public schools. But Bobby knew better‚ and wrote his letter to express his concern. In the words of Bobby Henderson himself‚ “With millions‚ if not thousands‚ of devout worshippers‚ the Church of the FSM is widely considered a legitimate religion
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Charles Darwin in his book‚ On the Origin of Species‚ presents us with a theory of natural selection. This theory is his attempt at an explanation on how the world and its species came to be the way that we know them now. Darwin writes on how through a process of millions of years‚ through the effects of man and the effects of nature‚ species have had a trial and error experiment ongoing. It is through these trials that the natural world has developed beneficial anomalies that at times seem too
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PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE DEMARCATION Philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions‚ foundations‚ methods‚ implications of science‚ and with the use and merit of science. Demarcation The demarcation problem in the philosophy of science is about how to distinguish between science and nonscience‚ and more specifically‚ between science and pseudoscience (a theory or method doubtfully or mistakenly held to be scientific). The debate continues after over a century of dialogue among philosophers
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Dallas Rapoport Mr. Cimmins THEO 1000 4/17/2012 Faith VS. Reason I believe that by definition faith and reason contradict each other‚ causing them to be incompatible. A person who relies on reason to interpret reality is using logic‚ probability‚ and induction to arrive at conclusions about the world. The use of faith‚ by definition‚ is to go against these principles. It is to believe in or arrive at a conclusion that is not the most reasonable option‚ thus why it is an act of faith.
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Book: Systematic Theology Author: Louis Berkhof Year of Publication: 1958 (reprinted 1994) Pages Read: Part 2 – pages 181 – 299 and Part 4 – pages 415 - 549 The book Systematic Theology‚ by Louis Berkhof‚ is interesting because it gives the reader an in-depth understanding of theology and the various areas associated with it. He stated that the reason that so many Christians have only a weak faith‚ and that so many churches present only a rather superficial form of Christianity‚ is that
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spree. War and the economic depression caused many to turn to God and others to turn away from him. Major efforts were made to spread Christianity in the heathen nations and communism emerged as a force opposing Christianity. Evolution challenged Creationism. The Roaring Twenties brought so many changes. It transformed how people lived. In January of 1920‚ the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. The manufacture‚ sale‚ and
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new values and manifested many tensions through political ideas‚ cultural reforms‚ and the advancement of rights for the common men and women. One reason tensions where brought up was through the new idea of evolution and the old practice of creationism. According to Document C “The World’s Most Famous Trial: Tennessee Evolution Case‚ 1925” This trial was a case about whether there should be a punishment for teaching the Darwinism in the schools. This case involved John Scopes‚ a biology teacher
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Mayans and Egyptians Although thousands of years apart‚ the Mayans and the Egyptians were both very successful civilizations. The Egyptians lived in Northern Africa near the Nile River‚ and their peak lasted from around 3000 B.C to around 0. The Mayans lived in Southern Mexico and Northern Central America‚ and their Classical Period lasted from around 250 A.D to 900 A.D. Both had great sociological and technological breakthroughs. The Mayans and Egyptians were also well known for their activity
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Abington School District vs. Schempp Required School Prayer In 1949‚ a state-wide law was passed in Pennsylvania that required public school students to read scriptures from the Bible and recite the Lord’s Prayer everyday in class. This law stayed intact until Edward Schempp challenged it nine years later. Pennsylvania wasn’t the first or the only state to enforce law making it mandatory for students to read from the Bible during school. Twenty-five additional states had laws allowing "optional"
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Pearsons 1 Ethan Pearsons Mr. Smithson English I 18 May 2007 The Rise of Nerdcore Pocket protectors‚ computer programming‚ the Star Wars trilogy‚ Snoop Dogg and thumping bass. What do all these have in common? They all contribute to the latest in a string of subgenres in the rap world called Nerdcore or Geeksta Rap. Nerdcore is a relatively new style of music created by self-proclaimed nerds‚ those guys who probably got beat up a lot in high school and are now pulling down six figures
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