If God did not exist – people would invent one! The development of human civilization requires mechanisms promoting cooperation and social order. One of these mechanisms is based on the idea that everything we do is seen and judged by God – bad deeds will be punished, while good ones will be rewarded. The Information Age has now fueled the dream that God-like omniscience and omnipotence can be ...

Philosophers and theologians have advanced a variety of arguments for God’s existence. Th e arguments vary along a number of dimensions. Some are a priori; some are a posteriori. Some depend on a particular defi nition of God; others are more general. But they have features in common. Th ey are independent of any particular religious tradition, depending on nothing more than a generally classic...

scientists call pasture a natural eco-system and range is an agricultural eco-system. in this point of view although pasture that was full of plants growing by itself and not growing by human being (pirdashti, 2007; mohgadam, 2005) and two groups of living beings such as human being, plants, domesticated, and not living being like weather, wind, gradient which are effective in making of pasture...

A1 Either a property or its negation is positive, but not both: ∀φ[P (¬φ)↔ ¬P (φ)] A2 A property necessarily implied by a positive property is positive: ∀φ∀ψ[(P (φ) ∧ ∀x[φ(x)→ ψ(x)])→ P (ψ)] T1 Positive properties are possibly exemplified: ∀φ[P (φ)→ ♦∃xφ(x)] D1 A God-like being possesses all positive properties: G(x)↔ ∀φ[P (φ)→ φ(x)] A3 The property of being God-like is positive: P (G) C Possib...

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...

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...

The handiwork and the glory of God displayed by the heavens and the firmament have been called General Divine Revelation. In this category one may also include the constitution of human personality, for man himself is a creation of God and in some sense bears the marks of his Creator. This “light of nature and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and pow...