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Nov 3, 2020 · Empirical evidence provided by prosaic texts indicates the validity of worthiness in American culture. Admittedly, the perception of the particular American spirit that was captured by H. Melville in the nineteenth century is still applicable today: “We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people – the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world.
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Of these he gave evidence in the fact that he, a man of high rank, should be solicitous for one who was his servant and, according to Matthew's version of the story, should himself come to Jesus. A captain in the Roman army, accustomed to giving orders to others, choosing to humble himself before a poor, unpretentious, much-reviled preacher of the Word of God!
Feb 5, 2018 · Some evidence for my suggestion can be gleaned from combing through the dictionaries of the day. For example, Samuel Johnson’s 1755 Dictionary suggests a drift in the concept of dignity, namely, towards a non-fungible sense of worth. Thus, consider Johnson’s first two definitions of ‘equality’: 1) Likeness to any qualities compared.
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When contemporary thinkers try to prove God’s existence, their aim is usually to show that it is in fact reasonable to believe in God. For example, in New Proofs for the Existence of God, Robert J Spitzer advances a series of proofs that together constitute evidence “capable of grounding reasonable and responsible belief in a super-intelligent, tra...
Another big difference between early modern philosophers and those of today is their confidence in the proofs they put forward. Even the most self-assured of contemporary philosophers are likely to claim that their arguments only make God’s existence probable. For example, in The Existence of God, Richard Swinburneoffers a variety of proofs that he...
But perhaps the biggest difference between contemporary and early modern attempts to prove God’s existence lies in the source of the opposition to these proofs. Many of those who oppose efforts to prove God’s existence today are either atheists, who claim there is no God, or agnostics, who are neutral as to whether there is a God or not. Both athei...
Nov 30, 2023 · Now, confessing our beliefs in relation to ourselves may sound dubious after all my earlier warnings about the dangers of self-creation and navel gazing. But it’s in the second article that we see how Christ remakes and redefines human identity around himself. For believers, self-identity is now Christ-identity.
Nov 10, 2020 · Earliest Historical Evidence of the Theotokos’ Veneration: An Overview. Identifying first to third century historical evidence of Marian veneration is supposedly elusive. For example, some point out that the New Testament does not have any explicit mention of her veneration.
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Jun 4, 2024 · Belief in an afterlife was common in the ancient world, as it is today, and each culture created its own unique vision of the land that existed beyond the grave. Even with their differences, there are many similarities, including a concept of judgment for the deeds done in life and how well one had lived. The following collection presents a ...
