The etymological meaning of ‘omnipotent’ is ‘all-powerful.’ Being all-powerful is usually understood as having all of the powers. The problem of analyzing omnipotence is then seen as the problem of determining over what class the quantifier ‘all’ in this assertion ranges. An omnipotent being would be one that has all of the powers; all of what powers? Attempts to answer this question have run i...

There is not much stress on man's rebellion against God and the reforming power of Jesus Christ is not brought out. Reform is nevertheless considered with great humanity and sympathy, never clinically. Convicts (ugly word) are individuals varying greatly, and quite like ourselves (awful thought). Mr. Howard has greater insights on reform than on punishment, not that they are opposed to each oth...

Porous copolymer was prepared by suspension polymerization method of styrene, maleic anhydride and divinylbenzene in a batch type reactor. The characteristics of the copolymer were evaluated using Fourier Transform IR spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The glucose oxidase (GOD) enzyme was selected as a model enzyme to assess its potential applicability for immobilization purpose. Th...

As citizens of the most technologically advanced and economically developed country in the world, nearly all Americans stalwartly maintain their faith in God, much more so than residents of other postindustrial countries (Norris and Ingelhart 2004). But what is the content and meaning of this belief? Perhaps belief in God has become so pervasive in contemporary American culture that it reflects...

In Contra Galilaeos, Julian makes the case that in the writings of Moses Yahweh is not the ‘Most High’ God, but simply one of many national gods (the biblical term is ‘angels’ or ‘sons of god/s’, לא ינב, םילא ינב, or ב םיהלאה ינ ) of the ancient Near Eastern world, who received Israel as an inheritance from the hand of the Most High. Christians claim the Jewish Yahweh as their God, and appeal t...

Assuming that: (1) the Quantum Mechanics is true, (2) the Copenhagen Interpretation of QM is right, and (3) that God (Mind) exists, we prove formally the possibility of miracles through God affecting the results of quantum measurements. Quantum Measurement clearly separates the domain of physics as a formal material system and the possible God’s intervention in it. We use the formalism of quant...

This paper is a critique of Richard Dawkins’ “argument from improbability” against the existence of God. This argument, which forms the core of Dawkins’ book The God Delusion, provides an interesting example of the use of scientific ideas in arguments about religion. Here I raise three objections: (1) The argument is inapplicable to philosophical conceptions of God that reduce most of God’s com...

Individuals attribute more psychological (e.g., forget) than biological (e.g., eat) or physical (e.g., be touched) properties to supernatural beings (Shtulman, 2008). It is unclear how those domains each contribute to an overall conception of a supernatural being (e.g., God). Undergraduate students (N = 341) responded to nine questions representing the three domains or factors (psychological, b...

The discourse of globalization resembles an Indian god: it has many faces, is full of mystery, all-powerful and it confirms the attitude with which it is approached: fear or hope. However, my thesis points in another direction: globalization, in a socio-theoretical context, is tantamount to a revolution in the social sciences, forcing a change in perspective, a change of paradigms from the — as...