apparent malfunctioning of the natural world e.g. diseases and natural disasters MORAL EVIL The result of human immorality e.g. genocide THE PROBLEM OF EVIL The monotheistic God of Christianity‚ Judaism and Islam assumes the divine qualities of omnipotence‚ omniscience and omni benevolence. However‚ the existence of evil and suffering in the world provides a challenge to the loving God of classical theism. AUGUSTINE Augustine‚ in his book ‘Confessions‚’ recognised this problem: “Either God is not
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In the Nineteenth century the discussion of American slavery in Christian circles reached a climax regarding whether American slavery resembled God’s ordained slavery—stated within Mosaic Law and later affirmed in the epistles—or the oppressive slavery practiced by many heathen nations. Abolition or regulation of racial‚ chattel slavery required the newly established American church to set a protocol in the use of the interpretation of Scripture to procure God’s regulation of social issues. This
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Your P2P Essay question Elaborate on the idea of the Rule of Law in Cyberspace as a means and way to cyber security. Describe and assess what the Rule of Law‚ based on human rights norms and standards‚ means offline and whether that can be transferred online. What legal and political instruments‚ i.e. treaties and mechanisms‚ i.e. courts‚ are needed to achieve the protection and realization of human rights in cyberspace? Rule of Law can be defined as the intentional activity which seeks to
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‘Ces’t la Vie: Shit happens’‚ blends political satire with philosophical discussion. It sets out to explore the existing dichotomy between the religious belief of a predestined fate and the existentialist observation of random consequence. The primary purpose of the text is to entertain my audience and to position them to empathise with the plight of my protagonist‚ who himself is an allegory for an individual caught in the Cold War climate. The secondary purpose of my major work is to challenge
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Pride of Paradise Lost’s Satan and Dr Faustus “Pride and worse ambition threw me down"(4.40) says Satan in John Milton’s Paradise Lost. This short and simple confession hides several deep meanings and significant messages to humankind. That is because it is not only Satan who stumbles by the sin of pride. Satan is the tempter and foe of mankind‚ and he imposes his own ill traits on mankind while trying to draw him to the depths of hell. That is‚ like Satan human may think highly of himself though
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if you want to stick to the obesity argument you might want to think of arguments such as ’should the government be doing more to tackle the problem or is it up to the individual?’ or ’How is it people can allow themselves to get that far into bad health(obesity)?’ (might be more of a Psychology question though..) A good one for looking at arguments relating to the fast food industry is ’Super-Size me’ that documentary‚ that might give you some more ideas about arguments‚ to look into some of the
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One burning and enduring problem in philosophy to which we 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
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In his 1968 article‚ On Being an Atheist‚ H.J. McCloskey attempts to refute the arguments of God’s existence and explain how “atheism is a much more comfortable belief than theism.” (McCloskey 1968) He first attempts to discredit the Cosmological and Teleological arguments for God’s existence‚ then he turns to the existence of evil as “proof” that God does not exist‚ and finally closes his article back where he began- claiming that atheism is a more comforting belief than theism. Here I intend to
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What are the psychological explanations for why people commit terrorist acts and up to what extent do they explain these people’s behaviour. Miller (2006) states that the word terrorism derives from the Latin word terrere which means to frighten. Merari and Friedman (see Victoroff 2005‚ p.3) claim that terrorism existed even before recorded history. This is echoed by Miller’s (2006) claim that terrorism is as old as civilization and has existed since people discovered that they could influence
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God image’ is the subjective emotional experience of God. It is shaped by our experience of our parents and enables us to continue earlier learned relational patterns. The term‚ God Image is used to refer to one’s internal‚ intra-psychic‚ emotional representation of God. The God Image develops during childhood as the children are confronted with their limitations‚ and recognizes powers beyond their own work in their environment. This essay will focus on the ‘God image’ as it will be trying to explain
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