Omnipotence

The Fellowship of the Game My inner life has always been filled with fantasy. My obsession with what could be; what might exist beyond the finite realm of perceived reality was first sparked when my father began reading Tolkien to me at bedtime. Many authors followed, and their visionary imaginations guided me to conceive of worlds beyond the scope of what was, to -what might be. Passive diversions, like reading books, and watching television allowed me to experience a reality…

The unfortunate reality of evil being an element of humanity is a hard pill for some to swallow, and can be an even more difficult concept to comprehend and breakdown philosophically. In a pluralistic world with many competing religions and worldviews, the concept of what is morally wrong can definitely be distorted to fit one’s lifestyle, or the norms of a particular culture. The presence of wickedness introduces the proverbial monkey wrench scenario for atheists, pantheists, agnostics, and…

The Use of Technology in 1984
 Many problems have arisen from the dependency on technology. In George Orwell's novel, 1984, he expresses the power that electronics and machinery can have on the minds of people. The dystopian governments use of technology has negative effects on the citizens in Oceania in the novel. Orwell describes how Winston Smith's life is changed due to being surrounded by technology. Technology plays a negative role in society and the way individuals live their daily…

persuade one that it is wrong. Finally I would like to leave one with a quote to dwell upon: “Let not those who say that the path of obedience is a dangerous one claim to believe in the living and true God. They deny his omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence. It is his will that the bands of wickedness should be loosed, the heavy burdens of tyranny undone, the oppressed set…

An Author’s writings reflects his beliefs. One of the many examples of this is Paradise Lost, a poetic representation of the creation and fall of man in the Garden of Eden written by Protestant clergyman, John Milton. It is not a completely accurate portrayal, since many of Milton’s descriptions and theories do not coincide with the Bible. Instead, it is simply a peek into Milton’s imagination of what it might have been like. Paradise Lost, despite being fictional, is heavily based on Milton’s…

Jewish tradition plays an integral role in the governance of an adherents life, this is through the inherent beliefs of Judaism, a love of god, ethical teachings, and practices, such as Shabbat. Many of these provide a moral code of such, being the rationale for the Jewish way of life. Upon observation of ‘Deuteronomy 6:1, 4-6’ references to love of God are immediately evident, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart”. This quote is significant as it represents one of the key…

Utilitarianism is a branch of metaethics that focuses on the ideas of consequences, self interest, and unbiasedness. Instead of determining if an action is moral through the immediate effects, Utilitarianism skimps over the short term and instead focuses on the long term effects of actions. Actions are no longer based on intention but, rather the overall effects from those actions determines if the parent event was morally good or bad. Utilitarianism also emphasizes the idea that an individual’s…

Beatty. Montag is new to the thinking game and as such is very clumsy. He does things sporadically, such as tasting raindrops at work, and is still developing. On the other hand, Captain Beatty is a very intelligent and clever man who has an air of omnipotence. Despite knowing the truth about society and the firemen, Captain Beatty doesn’t act on his knowledge and only chooses to share it with other firemen in order to keep their curiosity in check (Bloom 48). Additionally, Captain Beatty wears…

Several theories centered around this problem are described, such as the privation theory of evil, the therapy theory of evil, and the free-will defense. In the text it is explicitly stated that theists, and believers in God will not deny God’s omnipotence or omnibenevolence (311). Still, some solutions to the problem include the claims that God’s power may actually be limited and His plan for the world cannot be understood, that evil actually promotes goodness and is produced in nature, and…

the name ‘God’ a certain substance that is infinite, independent, supremely intelligent, and supremely powerful…” (RMP, 38) Descartes imagines the idea of God as an extremely perfect being, thus God must hold all attributes involving perfection, omnipotence, honesty, and existence. I believe it to be illogical because he is assigning attribute of God’s existence before proving that God exist to hold said attribute. If it turns out that God does not exist, then he has misplaced the attribute…