Posted on 04/22/2013 10:42:44 AM PDT by kitchen-cook
I am needing to gather information for a paper for my Philosophy course. The information needs to be gathered from other people's thoughts. Could you help me? - What is ultimate reality to you? God? Matter? An impersonal force? Something else? - Is truth absolute or relative? - Are moral values absolute or relative? - Let's go back to ultimate reality. Do you believe in God? If so, why? If not, why not?
Bizarre.
Nice frickin’ catch.
IBTZ.
If you have faith no explanation is necessary. If you do not, no explanation is possible.
There really is a lot involved in these questions. The main one I am interested in for now is the last one. Do you believe in God? If so, why? If not, why not?
Thank you for your response to this.
As a matter of fact, I did. It’s important to me.
Take Pascal’s wager.
“I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, and born of the Father before all ages. (God of God) light of light, true God of true God. Begotten not made, consubstantial to the Father, by whom all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven. And was incarnate of the Holy Ghost and of the Virgin Mary and was made man; was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried; and the third day rose again according to the Scriptures. And ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of the Father, and shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, of whose Kingdom there shall be no end. And (I believe) in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father (and the Son), who together with the Father and the Son is to be adored and glorified, who spoke by the Prophets. And one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. We confess (I confess) one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for (I look for) the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.”
The Viking Kitties.
Sorry,noob.
These are profiling questions and you are a troll for asking them on your first day.
The answer is: “IBTZ”.
It is philosophy, there are no right or wrong answers.
Which school do you attend? What is the title of the course? Who is your instructor? Please post the syllabus. Otherwise, forget it.
Entitle your paper, “What is Courage.”
On the first page type, “THIS IS,” and then hand the paper in.
You’ll either get an A+ or an F.
Guaranteed.
Everyone has a profile, what’s wrong with the questions?
Ultimate reality in a nut shell “in the beginning,God created the heavens and the earth.”
Get a job.
Is that a right answer?
I’m assuming that yours is a serious question. If so, here
is a serious answer:
Go to google.com and search “why I believe in God”. What will pop up is an essay by the theologian Cornelius Van Til. It will explain what you need to know, and how to answer your questions.
ultimate reality cannot be known, all info and inputs are filtered through bias (platos cave), but as close as I have come is in combat during a firefight I could see the bullets and hear individual shots coming at me and I could see so well and far that I seemed to be next to the guys I was shooting at, time was so slow it seemed to be five minutes when it was actually about fifteen seconds and then a pause and another thirty seconds and then it seemed I couldn’t move or hear or think for a few minutes as the adrenalin just overwhelmed mw, I was bulletproof and invincible . The other questions are faith and I believe in God because he ahs been present at my best moments and all of my worst moments, not to help or scold but to remind me of my worth and his love for me. I’m no angel and killing other beings is hard afterwards but my God is real and when I ask for something I usually get what I need but never when I asked for it
So how long have you had these thoughts?
Eliza will help you:
http://www.manifestation.com/neurotoys/eliza.php3
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