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432 wordsJournal entry HITLERS WILLING EXECUTORS Goldhagen builds up his argument not on proofs but on speculations. Who doubts that the Argentine or Chilean murderers of who opposed the recent authoritarian regimes thought that their victims deserved to die? () Why do we not believe the same for the German perpetrators? (p. 14 - 15). There are several examples that show that Goldhagen's way of putting facts in sentences, rather than the actual proofs persuade the reader. He is describing ordinary german...
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Commit Adultery Cultural Relativism
823 wordsMoral standards are in eye of the beholder. Different views on moral standards lead us to know whether something is right or wrong. There is the divine command theory, which states that God is the one who tells us what is right and what is wrong. God's commands (or commandments) are our source of religious morality. This theory only holds true if your are a beleive in a devine being. If you are an atheist this morality theory will not apply. Natural Law is another means of finding a moral standa...
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Day By Day Walt Whitman
1,319 wordsWalt Whitman's poem A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim, sets the picture of a solider camp near a battlefield. (This was probably around the time when he served as a volunteer nurse and comforter in the army. ) In line two Whitman wakes up early due to little sleep, perhaps from going to battle. As he goes outside near the hospital tent, he sees three people on stretchers brought outside untended. He describes the blankets covering the soldiers over each stretcher. In the next lines se...
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God Does Not Exist Existence Of God
947 wordsSt. Thomas Aquinas: Proofs of Gods existence. Aquinas says that Gods essence (feeling) is his existence. That there is no Actual need for proof of his existence. Before he actually developed his Proofs Aquinas tried to show that such proofs are not useless, since the Idea of Gods existence is not, a probable idea-that God exists. Because Of this fact he states that every man has a natural knowledge (that which he is born with. ) of God such as: he has some ideas of happiness (since he wants/ des...
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Centuries Ago Long Time
760 wordsMathematical logic is something that has been around for a very long time. Centuries Ago Greek and other logicians tried to make sense out of mathematical proofs. As time went on other people tried to do the same thing but using only symbols and variables. But I will get into detail about that a little later. There is also something called set theory, which is related with this. In mathematical logic a lot of terms are used such as axiom and proofs. A lot of things in math can be proven, but the...
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Becoming An International Student In The United States
568 wordsUnited States is a well-known country for its educational facilities. Therefore, numerous students from all over the world wish to continue their studies in United States. However, it is not possible for everyone to become an international student in the United States because it requires a huge financial support, an intellectual mind, and strength to live without beloved family members. A person who is able to put up with these factors can become a successful international student. In order to b...
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God Must Exist Existence Of God
1,022 wordsAquinas, Anselm, Paley and Kant all famous philosophers, have proven that god exists; yet people still question Gods existence. As Anselm said, We are like students who, unable to solve a mathematical problem, are given the answer to it and then discover they can reason out why that answer is correct. For thousands of years, philosophers have given evidence proving the existence of God. The evidence at hand should prevail but some philosophers beg to differ. In this paper I will try to go over a...
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Existence Of God Evil In The World
1,006 words... ina's talks about first, leads to his analysis of sense objects, second, the notion that the existence of these objects requires a finite series of causes and ultimately a First Cause, or God. Aquinas first proof was the proof from motion. This covers the area where Aquinas believes that nothing can be transformed from a state of potentiality by something that is also in a mere state of potentiality. An example would be the domino. Picture a particular domino, it has the potential to be move...
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Soap Opera Main Character
1,139 wordsEven thought I have not seen many Broadway-class plays in my life, I was amazed by grandiose production of Proof and its varied actors performances. Proof tells the captivating story of a woman and her eccentric family. Drama quickly begins as the characters advance in their quest for an enigmatic proof. While a few critics argued that Proof is merely a family soap opera with mathematical references to give the play scope, I thought Proof was triumphant. I went to see the Broadway play last Dece...
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Hydrogen Cyanide Chemical Weapon
605 wordsSo, what were the evidences, which supported the statement of the Judge Duffy, that there had been cyanide in the WTC bomb? The main question to be solved here lied in the following: what could be the consequences of mixing cyanide with nitric or sulfuric acids, both of which had been found in the bomb fragments? The FBI chemist Steven Burgmeister was the main person to be inquired about the results of the forensic chemical analysis. The thing is, that Burgmeister never made it clear, that he ha...
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World Trade Center Point Of View
2,002 wordsThe New Pearl Harbor by David Griffin David Ray Griffin is a professor of philosophy, religion and theology at the Claremont School of Theology in California for over 30 years. He is co-director of the Center for Process Studies there and the author or editor of over 20 books. His book The New Pearl Harbor is written for those who, in any way, doubt the trueness of the information presented to the people by the Bush administration regarding the most horrible terrorist attack in the history of Am...
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God Is Dead Existence Of God
1,949 wordsTwo of the most important concepts of Nietzsche s were the possible origins of Christianity and the faith that surrounds it, whether or not it was valid or not. In the following arguments, it will hopefully be proven that both the origin is flawed and the intent behind it, i. e. faith, is just as skewed. Also a proof will be presented as to how this master scheme was orchestrated to achieve ultimate social power and control though a popular stimulus, religion. Christianity came into existence in...
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One Million Dollars Points Of View
1,456 wordsIntphildecember 10, God Sharon Chong Intphildecember 10, 1999 DOES GOD EXIST? If you take a look up out in the sky on a seemingly clear night, try and ask yourself how the stars, the moon and everything else came to be. Again the question of existence takes over your mind the same way it did everyone elses years ago. How did the world begin? What was the cause? Who was the cause? A couple of weeks ago, I had the most interesting conversation with my brother. Actually, it was more like a provoked...
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Evil Demon External World
737 wordsIt took Descartes a long time before he realized how many false beliefs and assumptions he had from his childhood. To start over with a new mind set, he had to totally rid himself of assuming things been true or things that he had not questioned but had rather accepted as a truth. Descartes waited for a when he was retired to come up with his opinions and question the truths. He therefore had plenty of time to ponder and really nothing to loose in terms of leisure, care and passion. What Descart...
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One Million Dollars Points Of View
1,466 wordsIf you take a look up out in the sky on a seemingly clear night, try and ask yourself how the stars, the moon and everything else came to be. Again the question of existence takes over your mind the same way it did everyone elses years ago. How did the world begin? What was the cause? Who was the cause? A couple of weeks ago, I had the most interesting conversation with my brother. Actually, it was more like a provoked conversation to help me begin this paper. I asked him, " Do you believe ...
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Existence Of God Faith
560 wordsThe mystery of Gods existence has been a crucial element of many religious studies and traditions. Who is God? What is God? Where is God? To effectively discuss the existence of God, it is necessary to illustrate the notion of faith. People of faith believe that God does exist, and that relationship with God gives meaning to their lives. Others who are skeptical point to God as an obsolete hope of an ignorant human race. People today live in a world distinguished by sophisticated technology in w...
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Cassio And Desdemona Shakespeare Othello
1,821 wordsWhat is the most disastrous human emotion? William Shakespeare s Othello makes it clear that the answer to this question is jealousy. After all, it is jealousy that drives Iago to concoct the plan, which ruins the lives of several innocent people including Othello, Desdemona, Emilia, and Rodrigo. This play poses a distinct character foil between Shakespeare s vilest villain, Iago, and the honest, but easily mislead Othello. This tragedy is mostly based upon Iago s suggestion of an affair between...
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L Ron Hubbard Science And Technology
2,007 wordsThe Origin Of Totalitarianism Technology The E-Meter sees all, knows all. It is never wrong. -L. Ron Hubbard, Electropsychometric Auditing Operators Manual, 1953. 78 The Hubbard Electro-psychrometer, or E-Meter, has become an indispensable part of Scientology. The E-meter is a device which measures the changes in electrical conductivity of the skin that occur at moments of even slight excitement or emotional stress. 79 It is similar to the machine used in giving lie detector tests. The rather cr...
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Pythagorean Theorem World Book
269 wordsIn 580 B. C. there lived a man who is know for creating one the best known theorems ever. His name was Pythagoras and the theorem, the Pythagorean Theorem. This Theorem states that the sum of the squares of the two legs of a right triangle equals the hypotenuse squared. This theorem as you can see can be very useful for finding the lengths of a right triangle. Now over the last two millennium there have been many proofs for this theorem, in fact hundreds. One of the most the famous proofs of the...
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God Existence Thomas Aquinas
1,186 wordsThe film Stigmata is a graphic and frightening tale of spiritual awakening that provokes the viewer to question their own faith in religion. It is not merely a film about a young stigmatic woman. More importantly director Rupert Wainwright has produced a film portraying his view of the Catholic Church. His view is the same as that of an ancient scroll found in 1945 and that of a priest from the 11 th Century named Thomas Aquinas. When a young, atheist, woman named Frankie Page (Patricia Arquette...
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