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- 13001: The Existence of God
- ... 1, who “says in his heart, ‘There is no God.' This fool though is convinced that something exists in the understanding, at least, than which nothing greater can be conceived. (pg. 149) In proving God’s existence I have combined Malcolm, Anselm, and Descartes’ theories of how God exists. This is it: 1. God is that being that is absolutely perfect and no one more perfect exists. {No one more perfect ... conclusion God DOES exist. The objection to this argument can be that existence is not a characteristic. Only to reply, yes but existence can be a characteristic of concepts. Since God is “logically necessary” couldn’t there be another being higher that God, a being even more perfect that God? Yes, but that proves even more that an all powerful being must exist. Gods existence is not self-contradictory because a ... yin and the yang and sugar and salt. Something good always has something bad to it and something bad always has some good out of it. The ontological is a priori attempt to prove God’s existence by showing that, from the very concept of God, his existence can be deduced. The ontological argument concludes that a God that exists is greater than one who does not exist, therefore God ...
- 13002: Beowulf 2
- ... for him. Grendel was able to ahold of Beowulf. He went right for him and grabbed his arm and had a good grip on him. Grendel want to run off with Beowulf, but he couldn't, because Beowulf had a good hold on him. The monster was so powerful that no weapon to do any harm to the great monster. Since Beowulf had a good hold on his arm he just ripped it off. After that Grendel had took off running to the lake where he had once lived to die. Now Beowulf has gotten Grendel's mother mad, her son is dead. So she came to Herot and killed Hrothgar's best friend, and got her sons arm back. Beowulf follows her back to the lake. He takes a curagious dive into the lake where she lives. Beowulf wanted to kill Grendel's mother and ...
- 13003: Definition For Satanism
- ... feel that non-Christian religions and all Christian denominations other than their own are forms of Satanism. This would imply that all Buddhists, Hindus, Moslems, and Jews. In fact at least 75% of the world's population would be Satanists. Others feel that all religions other than Judaism or Christianity are inspired by Satan and thus are forms of Satanism. This would still leave the vast majority of people in the ... Accurate data is impossible to estimate, since the largest group (The Church of Satan) does not release its membership totals. It is important to realize that the Satan they recognize has few if any point s of similarity with the Christian concept of Satan. The Satanists' concept of Satan is pre-Christian, and derived from the Pagan image of power, virility, sexuality and sensuality. To most Satanists, Satan is a force ... joined the Order of the Golden Dawn, which practiced magick (ceremonial magic) based on: The Kaballah (or Cabbalahl), a Jewish mystical tradition, Rosicrucianism (a mystical blend of alchemy, Hinduism, and Judaism), Free masonry ( a men's fraternal organization), and Theosophy (a Gnostic tradition believing in a common thread that links all religions). He was later kicked out of the Golden Dawn and later joined the Ordo Templi Orients (OTO) , which ...
- 13004: Religion/Faith
- ... everyday to be Americans. In this country we can choose our own destination. We can be whatever we want. I think that being a secular country brings us together and makes us stronger.We don't have questions we can't answer. We don't hear stories of people or things we can't prove exist. We know what we have overcome to be where we are today, and we know what we want to plan for our future. ...
- 13005: Beloved 2
- ... by segregation and other socioeconomic factors, but also to the spiritual and social unity of each black member. The black community played a major role in Beloved, especially with their interactions with Sethe. After Sethe's escape from slavery, she traveled to Cincinnati to reunite with her children and mother-in-law, Baby Suggs. She arrived at 124, a house constantly filled with people and happiness. "Where not one but two ... and respect. "When warm weather came, Baby Suggs, holy, followed by every black man, woman and child who could make it through, took her great heart to the Clearing..." (Morrison, 87) Twenty days after Sethe's arrival, Stamp Paid brought them two huge buckets of delicious blackberries. With these Baby Suggs and Sethe decided to share the pies they would make from the berries with Ella and her husband John, and ... in the area. The area folks accepted the generosity, but resented the bounty of Baby Suggs and her kin. They disapproved of the uncalled-for pride displayed at 124, and were offended by Baby Suggs's excess. Because of this they failed to warn Baby Suggs and Sethe that four white men on horses who were approaching. Sethe, with the help of Baby Suggs and the community, began to build ...
- 13006: The JFK Assassination: Conspiracy or Single-Gunman?
- ... Nazi dictator of Germany during World War II, once said, "The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it." Although this may sound ludicrous, we can see many example of this in the world's history. One example would have to be the John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassination. For over thirty years the people of the United States were led to believe that a single gunman shot and killed Kennedy in ... this time, Kennedy was shot in the head and neck by a sniper. He was then taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Later, police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine, at a nearby theater. By the next morning, Oswald was booked for the murder of President John F. Kennedy. Two days later, Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, while he ... the bullet to reach the victim. Also, you must remember that sound travels at about one thousand-one hundred (1,100) feet per second, or a little over half as fast as the Mannlicher Carcano's bullets. When keeping this in mind, it is expected that witnesses heard the shot at some point after the bullet passed. The following shows a break down of the frames of the Zapruder film: - ...
- 13007: Return Of The Native 2
- In Thomas Hardy s poem Her Dilemma, it relates to book one of the novel Return of the Native in the concept of marriage and distrust of feelings. In both the poem and the novel, the woman s feelings and emotions cause conflict in her marriage. It is interesting that both these literary works has a marriage transpire with one person doubtful, especially during a time when divorce was unconceivable. The question arises, should a lifetime decision be made solely upon the basis of one s personal desires? In Her Dilemma the title gives the reader a clue that a choice must be made between equally undesirable alternatives. Hardy uses iambic pentameter as the rhyme scheme to make the poem ...
- 13008: Battle Royal 2
- ... say that it moved me the most, I would have to say that the story would have to be Battle Royal . The reason that the story did move me so was because of the author s keen use of symbolism, the author portrays a larger meaning than what is initially implied to the reader who does not thoroughly analyze the text. Initially, the story seems to be about one black boy s struggle to get ahead in a predominately white society. He tries to accomplish this goal by adhering to his grandfather s dying words. His grandfather told him to live with your head in the lion s mouth. I want you to overcome em with yeses, undermine em with grins, agree em to death and destruction, ...
- 13009: Religion In American Life
- Religion In American Life SOCI 250/2 Computer Assignment #1 Religion used to be a very important component in an American's life. Protestantism was as American as Mom and apple pie. Families would don their "Sunday best" and go to church early on Sunday mornings. However, this situation has changed quite a bit. After reviewing the ... system and comparing them to the statistics received in class, I discovered a trend away from traditional religious beliefs and practices, and one toward atheism or alternative religious beliefs. After a resurgence in the 1970's and early 1980's, the Roman Catholic church began experiencing a slow, yet steady, decline in membership. As membership in the more orthodox Roman Catholic church decreased, membership in Protestant churches increased. In recent years, the Catholic Church ...
- 13010: Cryptography
- ... by the wrong eyes. By encoding information, society can take part in things such as electronic financial transactions, Online Purchasing, and electronic communication. I knew Many Operating systems used encryption such as M-4, R.S.A., and Triple D.E.S. to keep passwords and user informa¬ tion secure on the machine. I also knew that the most widely used was Data Encryption Standard or D.E.S. and it had just been cracked the summer be¬ fore by a man who built the 200,000 dollar machine it took to crack the code. He also had won a 20,000 Dollar ...
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