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Give an account of the for existence of god To what extent is this a weak argumentThe cosmological argument tries to prove the existence of God of classical theism. It is a non-propositional argument so it cannot be proven but can be argued by offering experience as support. Also this argument is a posteriori argument,…

I chose to compare two different sitcoms. Leave it to Beaver and Raising Hope. Raising Hope is a modern sitcom about a 25 year old man, Jimmy Chance, who got a serial killer pregnant during a one night stand. The serial killer gave birth to their daughter before being executed in jail, leaving Jimmy as…

St. Peter Canisius Research Paper St. Peter Canisius Peter Canisius was born in Nijmegen, Holland to a wealthy household in 1521. His male parent was Jakob Kanijis, an teacher of the princes tribunal in the tribunal of Duke Lorraine. He was a well-thought-of adult male, being appointed nine times as city manager of his native town. (…

The selected book for discourse is Of Plymouth Plantation penned by William Bradford, which I discover notably impressive owing to his noteworthy contributions to the Pilgrims. Following John Carver’s demise, Bradford assumed the role of governor of Plymouth and occupied the position for over thirty years. He not only served as a influential leader within…

Abu’l-Fath Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar , also known as Shahanshah Akbar-e-Azam (14 October 1542  – 27 October 1605), was the third Mughal Emperor. He was of Timurid descent; the son of Emperor Humayun, and the grandson of the Mughal Emperor Zaheeruddin Muhammad Babur, the ruler who founded the Mughal dynasty in India. At the end of…

Patrick Henry was an American patriot who strongly believed in the rights of the colonies to govern themselves. He was elected to the House of Burgesses, the lawmaking body of Virginia, in 1765 where he became a spokesman for the colony’s independence from England. Along with 119 other delegates, he was in attendance at the…

A Book Review of  R.B.Y Scott’s Relevance of the Prophets I.                   Introduction Dr. Robert Scott’s Relevance of the Prophets written in 1944 is a work scholarly exploring the tradition and literature of the biblical prophets. It is an ardent and critical study of who and what prophets really are. He asks the question what makes…

In Melville’s Moby Dick, Ishmael, the narrator, has a distinctive perspective on the magnificent white whale. Despite the use of subtle deceits and external impositions, the essence of substances remains unaffected. Just like a harlot whose allure hides a charnel-house, deified Nature also conceals its truth. Melville employs this theme of uncertainty throughout his remarks,…

Short Biography: Born in Mecca where his forefathers had settled during the 1857 Revolt, Abul Kalam Azad came with his parents to India in 1898. Settled in Calcutta, he began participating in the freedom struggle by associating himself with the revolution¬aries during the swadeshi uprising. Through Al Hilal and Al Balagh, weeklies which he began…

In the post classical era, the big picture that is being projected is that nomadic kingdoms were at its highest apex alike the Mongols. The Mongols lived on the high steppe lands of eastern central Asia, they also conquered most of all Eurasia, as seen on document 8, were it shows the expansion of this vast empire, making trade…