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The criticisms of the ontological argument vary immensely in strength. It can be argued that the strongest criticisms come from Aquinas, Descartes and Hume in their criticisms of the definition of God. The c...

Begin with an introduction. What is natural law? (An absolutist theory that argues that nature provides unambiguous answers to moral dilemmas) who initially proposed it? (Aquinas, 13th century theologian) Ma...

Deontology is a normative, rule-based ethical theory concerned with the morality of an action itself as opposed to its consequences. Thus, it is easily followed by a society and does not assume the consequen...

To understand the apophatic way (via negativa), you must first understand the cataphatic way (via positiva). The cataphatic way claims that the best way to speak about God is to make positive claims, such 'G...

To those without faith, certainly some aspects of religion and religious belief seem outdated and with the advancements in the fields of psychology, alternative explanations for religious belief have emerged...