Is It Rational To Believe in God's Existence on the Basis of Religious Experience?

Religious experience can be cautiously defined as experience(s) an individual lives through and believes to be belonging to objective reality, with some form of relation to a religion, whereby a religion may be loosely described as an organized system of beliefs. The ( Read more... )

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‎"Argument of Suffering:

1. If God exists, then there would be no pointless suffering.

2. There is probably pointless suffering.

3. Therefore, probably God does not exist."

The point of contention is point number 2. The phrase “pointless suffering” is truly subjective. I understand something that is called “pointless” to be purposeless in a way ( Read more... )

Notes: Oh, Skip Beat. <3

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CHAPTER ONE
Rolling in the Deep I
The Present

Sawara Takenori looked up from the file he was consulting to see a familiar figure turning into the hallway. The proposal he had for the President for their weekly meeting could wait for later. Snapping the file shut, he cried, "Ah, Mogami-chan! Just the person I was looking for ( Read more... )

NOTES: Writing exercise, because I'm rusty!

LISTENING IN BETWEEN THE LINES

"Don't be stupid, you should know better than that." Carelessly uttered, the words escape before she arranges them properly in the sieve that is her mind. She inhales but it is too late- they flee, impossible to swallow back into her throat. There is silence on the other end ( Read more... )

Note: This was French homework, in the style of Jacques Prévert. (mdnightcatwalk midnightcatwalk, this was inspired by 爱到疯癫HAHA. Oh Lala. <3 )
Background(en français, bien sûr!)-
Le personnage principaux est un homme qu'est en amour avec une femme copine, mais elle ne sait pas. Ici, il a reçu une invitation pour la fête du mariage de la femme que il aime quand il est revenu chez ( Read more... )

R A G E

Is a visceral collision
It boils the acid
Through your veins
exploding.

Is a tangible entity
It freezes the landscape
Of your mind
embalming.

Is a molten phenomenon
It dances a path
Down your fists
igniting.

Is a chemical reaction
It feeds red mist
To your eyes
imploding.

Rage is everything when emotions overwhelm reason.

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NOTE: Writing about kinjuri got me an A. ((:

Through the Eyes of an Observer: First Wee-mpressions
( Here I wax lyrical about my Dinahery. )

Note: I've realized that recently I have turned to poetry more and prose. Part of me thinks this is due to the fact that abstract prose can be oh so pretty, but part of me acknowledges that it's because I'm lazy. )x

M I N D G A M E S

My oh me my brain
Keeps whirring baby
It keeps t-t-turning
Like a steam engine
Like clockwork
Like a plant high on ( Read more... )

Note: Inspired by History Channel's Ancients Behaving Badly.


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