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World History Homework Six - Model (view source)
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4. Pick your favorite medieval architecture and describe something about it.
4. Pick your favorite medieval architecture and describe something about it.
:I like Gothic architecture. I have actually been to Chartres Cathedral, and the majority of the walls are intricate and colorful stained glass. The ceilings are high and the interior is colorful and bright. I find it interesting that the builders of these great churches were attempting to reach or emulate [[Heaven]]- at first it sounds like the evil [[Tower of Babel]]. However, the difference is that the builders of the Tower wanted to actually be like [[God]] by invading the heavens, while the builders of the Cathedral wanted to be close to God. (Addison)
5. Pick one of the [[African]] kingdoms described in the lecture, and explain it.
5. Pick one of the [[African]] kingdoms described in the lecture, and explain it.
H1. Comment on any ontological or cosmological proof of the existence of God.
H1. Comment on any ontological or cosmological proof of the existence of God.
:The best argument for the existence of God I know is the first mover argument, an cosmological argument. (I like to state it like this:)
:*It makes no sense that the universe is infinite- it confounds logic and some scientific theories to think that the universe had no beginning.
:*But if it had a beginning, there needed to be something to cause the beginning.
:*It is simply a true statement that nothing comes from nothing.
:*Perhaps there was another universe, as according to the oscillating universe theory.
:*But that universe had a beginning.
:*An infinite line of oscillating universes is unscientific (per the Second Law of Thermodynamics).
:*Thus the universe has a beginning and an end.
:*The true beginning must have been supernatural, for no natural process could really make something out of nothing- and originally there must have been nothing.
:*So we say there is a creator of the universe, “God."
:*But if all things have a beginning, God had a beginning.
:*But the creator of God also had a beginning; this too creates an infinite regression.
:*We are stuck between infinite Gods, (illogical) and infinite universe with no creator (impossible.)
:*'''Thus, God is not bound by causality, and God is eternal and ultimate existence. Causality is an attribute of creation, as are the laws of science. To insist that God is bound by the need to have a beginning is no more correct than to claim that God must be bound by the law of gravity.''' (Addison)
H2. What is your view of the "Great Schism"?
H2. What is your view of the "Great Schism"?