...Does man have free will? This question has been asked within the church since its inception. If man’s will is free then in a sense there is a part of creation that exists outside of God’s control, bringing His sovereignty into question. If man does not have free will his significance as the height of the created order is lessened. The question is further clouded by the fact that the Bible seems to support both ideas; that man is free and wholly responsible for his actions and that God is sovereign over every action within his creation. Paul Tillich describes the issue writing, “The question is whether the moral imperative is dependent on the divine grace for its actualization, or whether divine grace is dependent on the fulfillment of the moral imperative.”[1] This debate has been the cause of much disagreement throughout the history of the church. Brought to the forefront of debate by Augustine, arguing for the sovereignty of God, and Pelagius, arguing for the free will of man, the discussion over the relationship between God’s control and man’s ability has continued to this day. Later, during the reformation, Calvinists and Arminians continued the debate over the role man plays in the salvation process. This disagreement has caused Roger E. Olson to write, “We need to shoulder the responsibility of choosing between Calvinism and Arminianism. That does not mean choosing between Christianity and something else. It means choosing between two respectable interpretations...
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...In order to evaluate what offences have been committed in the crimes in this scenario, the clear presence of actus reus and mens rea are vital. for the prosecution to prove the existence of both elements of an offence beyond any reasonable doubt. Actus reus being the guilty act, whereas mens rea is the guilty mind, both of which are required in order to find criminal liability. In order to answer this problem question it must first be considered whether Pablo (P) is liable for any non-fatal offences against the person (OAP). The various offences and their definitions are contained in the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. Pablo and Rose – Pulling hair. The first offence to consider in respect of P is common law battery under section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. Battery is a summary only offence and carries a maximum penalty of six months or a £5000 fine, or both. P’s motive of jealousy appears to be the significant factor motivating his actions however this is irrelevant to his actions in law. P intentionally: Venna imposed unlawful force: Collins v Wilcock on Rose (R) by pulling her hair. R did not give P permission to assault her, therefore the contact was both physical: Ireland and unlawful. Previous case law has clarified unlawful force to be even the slightest touch R v Brown . The mens rea for this offence is satisfied by either intention or subjective recklessness. With reference to the problem question, the actus reus was the direct physical contact...
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...Christianity beyond face value, as it should be explored. The true model Christian delves into the inner workings of the scripture and promotes the promises made by God when one lives their life as a messenger of that scripture. Education is the only way to make a person aware of what it truly means to be a Christian. In reflecting on the concepts learned in this class, a series of questions were presented, three chosen, then answered on the basis of what I have learned. The first question I chose was, Does the Bible have authority? Through the Doctrine of the Bible and arguments that the Bible is the Word of God, this question will be answered along with the information in Towns book. Secondly, I chose, Why are personal testimonies important in sharing the gospel? This topic was of great interest to me because I am capable of explaining it from a personal viewpoint. Lastly I chose, If a person is a Christian, does it matter how they live their life? According to Towns (2007) “There are a growing number of people who have mistaken ideas about Christianity because of media bias, or because of the bad testimony of those who call themselves Christians, but don't live accordingly.” (p.xii) With the proper tools, model Christians will...
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...Gretchen Lang Ethics Paper Does a Fetus Have Human Rights? Brain death of a pregnant mother is a very unlikely scenario. Between 1982 and 2010, there were only 19 reported cases of maternal brain death.(Farragher) However, controversy arises when faced with this rarity. Even though some may believe that preserving the mother’s body is unethical, the decisions regarding the fetus should be made by the mother or next of kin, unless the fetus is past twenty-four weeks of gestation, because of ethical dilemmas, the presence of mother’s rights, fetal rights and viability. One ethical dilemma presented is the controversial issue of preserving the fetus with no regard to the mother’s body; treating her body like a medical experiment. In the case of long-term life support, the body will begin to deteriorate and look more corpse-like over time since machines are providing the primary functions of the body. This process can be very upsetting and disturbing for the family to witness. With this being said, there have actually been several cases in which a healthy, viable child was delivered after prolonged life support.(Farragher) In these cases, the mother or family stated that they wanted to continue life support. This sheds light on the fact that a fetus has rights and due to fetal viability, should be able to live. Therefore, this process may only be disturbing if the family believes the mother would not want to be on life support. Most mothers want to protect their children...
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...Elective Dictatorship is the term used to describe the government and the Prime minister to be seen as having powers over the country that seem excessive. A government appointing as an elected dictatorship is likely to have a large majority over all other parties in the House of Commons. This essay will analise the arguments for and against the UK having an elected dictatorship. It will conclude that a proper dictatorship is never possible because the UK’s constitution is a democratic one and there are counter balances to accessive Prime ministerial powers. However when a government has a very large majority it can use its control over the House of Commons to make decisions that can seem to some as being dictatorial. Firstly, it can be argued that with a political party having a large majority of seats any law can be passed easily. For example, during Clement Attlee’s premiership in 1945 he created NHS even though many hospitals and medical professors were against it. Another example is Margaret Thatcher’s accomplishment of the ideology of privatisation in 1983 in opposition of trade unions which was an extremely powerful sectional pressure group. Secondly, when a political party has a large majority of seats in the House of Commons, only a few people can be against its ideologies. A good example of this is the ‘whipping system’. This is when a political party passed a new bill the ‘wips’ enforce backbenchers to vote for supporting their political party’s legislation. ...
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...IF GOD IS spirit, that is, He has no flesh and bones, then why does the Bible mention of God having body parts? For example, in Exodus 31:18, "... the tables of stone, written with the FINGER of God" and in Genesis 32:30, " ... For I have seen God FACE TO FACE..." Editor's reply: The Lord Jesus Christ said that God is spirit (Jn. 4:24; 17:1, 3). This means He has no flesh and bones or, in other words, has no material form (Lk. 24:39). And, it is in this sense that God is invisible (I Tim. 1:17). While the Bible contains some passages that mention God as having body parts, such passages do not contradict the truth that God does NOT have material form. In Exodus 31:18, it says that the Ten Commandments were written with the finger of God. It would seem here as though God had fingers as we, human beings, have. However, the other verses in the Bible do not support such conclusion drawn from a literal understanding of the passage in question. The explanation lies within the Bible itself. In Psalms 8:3, the Bible says the heavens are the work of God's "fingers." In what sense the heavens are the work of God's "fingers" is clarified in Jeremiah 10:12, which says: "He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens at His discretion." (New King James Version) Therefore, the phrase, "God's fingers" refers to the power and wisdom of God by which He created the world. In the same sense, the Lord Jesus Christ was able...
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...What Does the Library Have to Offer? By: Adan Galarza Instructor: Asif Choudhery Date Submitted: 6/4/2016 The Internet is an interesting place. From search engines like Google and Bing and all the information and research you can do on the internet make life a lot easier. The problem however, is that nowadays a lot of things that are put up on the internet are not credible and sometimes can just be opinions. Although, this is great since it allows you to communicate and gain different perspectives this is also bad since it can lead people to believe that what they are reading is factual which in all reality it is not. Ashford University has outdone themselves by making their Library easy and convenient to use. All the information from databases, journal articles, Ebooks, Encyclopedias etc. are all credible sources. Ashford allows you to use the tools needed to make a well written paper which is what makes their library great and why it has been part of my success as a student here at Ashford. Ashford has the combination of scholarly resources and popular resources. The difference between the two is the fact that scholarly resources written by and for experts. They are peer-reviewed or referred and include bibliographies and/or footnotes. Popular resources are more like magazines and newspapers. They are reviewed by editors and are designed for a broader audience. They contain appealing photos and advertisements along with flashy cover pages to catch the reader’s attention...
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...Is the American Government the Best in the World? Taurean Gardner POL201: American National Government Instructor: Shawon Jackson-Ybarra 19 September 2015 I. The Constitution The American constitution has many strengths and weakness that make our political system best in the world. One major strength of the constitution is the believe that all men are created equal. One unique major weakness it can be extremely vague and it is a 100 years out of date. A way to enhance the strength and correct the weakness of the American constitution is to further push the believe, that all men are created equally, especially in the light of everything going on in today’s society. One way to fix the weakness is the update the constitution to modern language and make it easier to understand. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. - That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, - That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments...
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...Why does the wilderness have to be so harsh? The things that make the wild such a harsh place is based off of animals, climate, the surroundings of the wilderness and many other things. The environment of the wilderness is a harsh and cruel place. There are many ways of struggles while in the wilderness. Struggles can be very unsafe and not healthy. In the movie The Revenant, Glass has to struggle with finding a way back to civilization during a harsh winter. What makes Glass journey a struggle is that he was just brutally attacked by a bear and has serious wounds, on top of that, the winter is very bad and Glass has to take drastic measures into surviving. In the book, Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls and her family have to struggle in the everyday life with having zero money. The Walls family has to eat out of garbage, fight for food, or do whatever it takes because they have no money to buy anything they need. Lastly, in the book Into the Wild, Chris struggles with many things. He has to try and hunt for food, survive in cold winter, and find shelter on his journey. Chris doesn’t know how to hunt so it was hard for...
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..."What is a thought and does it have an anatomical basis?" A thought is believed to be perceived as any intellectual and or mental activities, which directly involves a person’s subjective consciousness. Recent research by authoritative authors has shown that to be in thought refers to a person being actively merely or attentively conscious of an event or activity, which is usually with or without that person’s direct involvement. Current psychology entirely defines a thought as being a process of intellectual or mental exertion with an intention of finding a particular answer to a solution or a query to a problem. A thought ideally does have an anatomical basis since it involves various processes in the mind, which enables it to be completed fully (Holyoak & Morrison, 2012). According to Plotkin (2008), the fundamental initiation process of a thought as well as its development primarily involves the cortex. Research conducted recently by noble authors have shown that cortical structures and in particular the frontal lobes perform a vital function in the effective coordination of information. A good example of this can be traced to a person thinking about visiting a local grocery they have never visited before. Such a person will have a combination of various small pieces of knowledge they have concerning the grocery layout, the area map information, probable time required to get there and the likelihood of traffic scenarios. All these vital information will enable that...
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...What effect does divorce have on children? By Dwan Lee Subject: Sociology Teacher: Janel Rabinowitz, M.A. 1/28/2012 Describe how society defines the social issue. People in society believes that we must be married in order to feel whole although by getting married there is over fifty percent getting divorce today. This means that one out of every marriage will end in a divorce the main causes for divorce in America is fighting over money such as, sometimes overspending by one spouse can put the couple in debt. And at the time of mirage, the money that seemed adequate for the couple appears insufficient for a family after some years. Also if one spouse makes all the financial decision, the other spouse may not accede to all decisions and one of the most usual causes of divorce is lack of communication. Such as when it comes to finalizing decisions pertaining to children, the spouse fails to communicate openly with each other. And when decisions are to be made regarding share finances, several couples do no communicate property with each other .Also there are many married couples, who have an opinion that in a marriage minor problems do occur and these are insignificant. There is no need to talk about these .However lack of communication regarding these small issues may also lead to conflict between the partners. .And this is becoming a normal thing to do is get married and then get divorce the reason people get married in the United States is because of financial...
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...Does poverty have an effect on the education of students? Every student should have the same chance at success. In a perfect world each institution would administer the same quality education despite poverty, difference in resources, or diverse cultures. Although that is a good aspiration, it is a notion that is far from reality. Poverty plays a vital part in the resources available to each school. Resources account for majority of school’s operation. In order to ensure how much poverty affects schools, two schools will be evaluated; one school is located in a community under the poverty line and the other school is above the poverty line. The academic standards, standardized test scores, and resources available to each school will be the basis of the comparison. The schools are Ashley Magnet Elementary School (AMES) whose students are majority African-American and Hispanic and Lewisville Elementary School (LES) whose students are majority Caucasian. At the conclusion of this research, there will be valuable evidence to determine if poverty has an effect on the education of the students due to resources, standardized tests, living conditions, and health and nutrition. There are many different factors that a school must think about that determine what kind of resources could be purchased. A school must consider the salaries of the educators on their payroll, the district total revenue, the district total spending, the district revenue per student, and the district spending...
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...5. Statutory status 5.1. In order for a document to have influence over the final decision made on a development application, it needs to have statutory weight. The level of statutory authority the document has will determine how much power it has in determining the outcome of a development application. 5.2. Both NP and AAP have statutory ‘clout’ (PAS, 2010). This means they have passed the assessment of an external inspectorate and because of the Localism act 2011, they will be considered equally with LP policies (DCLG, 2014). 5.3. This means the community influence in preparing the policy vehicles, a major influence in NP and potential influence in AAP, will be the driving the force when deciding decisions. 5.4. The fact the documents are more in depth gives greater confidence to potential investors and helps to leverage regeneration funding. 5.5....
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...Does your country have a “race issue”? The concept of race is an indicative of ignorant in based of to fear of someone that is different. Racism has been existed throughout of centuries all around the world. At first racism has been seen in America than it spread to Europe, Middle East and Turkey. Racism divides people into the “them” and “us” based on what our skin of color, religion of what we believe and a place where we came from. However, in Turkey racism is generally based on political, national and religious issues. In the history of Turkey racism has started in the Ottoman Empire in 1860 based on Ali Suavi who was a Turkish intellectual in Ottoman. There are tens of different nations live in Turkey like Armenians, Bosnians, Syrians, Kurds, Albanians and so many others. Sometimes some of these nations live in peace and harmony but unfortunately they may fight with each other for some reasons. Firstly, racism has started in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and even today it is still continuing. Throughout the history of Turkey, racism and ethnic discrimination was widespread in Turkish communities, that racism and ethnic discrimination against minorities who are not Muslim and non-Sunni. In 1915 during the World War I, Relocation laws enacted by military forces to take precaution against those who opposing the government implementations at war which were applied to the Ottoman Armenians. After Tehcir law deportations and massacres was continues till accepting of "Temporary...
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...Does every conflict have a winner? This question is very hard to answer because of the type of conflict that may be involved. To answer the question at a logical standpoint yes, every conflict does have a winner to some extent, but when you really look at it from an internal standpoint does not have a winner. In the stories "Amigo Brothers", "Two Kinds", and one of my own stories , have conflict that can make you pick either side of the argument. So, does every conflict have a winner? The short story "The Amigo Brothers" is an ambitious story which has different types of conflict. "The Amigo Brothers" is a story about two friends that have a fight arranged against each other. Having the fight together forces the friends to forget everything...
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