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Betty Penrose. In 1969, Arizonan lawyer Russel T. Tansie filed a suit against God on behalf of his secretary, Betty Penrose, seeking $100,000 in damages. Penrose blamed God for his "negligence" in allowing a lightning bolt to strike her house. [1] The lawsuit was placed under the argument that God owned property in Sonoma County, due to the ...
t. e. Apatheism (/ ˌæpəˈθiːɪzəm /; a portmanteau of apathy and theism) is the attitude of apathy toward the existence or non-existence of God (s). It is more of an attitude rather than a belief, claim, or belief system. [1][2][3] The term was coined by Canadian sociologist Stuart Johnson. [4]
t. e. " Thou shalt have no other gods before Me " (Hebrew: לֹא יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים עַל פָּנָי, romanized: Lōʾ yihyeh lək̲ā ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm ʿal pānāi) is one, or part of one depending on the numbering tradition used, of the Ten Commandments found in the Hebrew Bible at Exodus 20 ...
Playing God is a broad concept, which is encompassed by both theological and scientific topics. When the term is used, it can be used to refer to people who try to exercise great authority and power. It is usually pejorative and suggests arrogance, misappropriation of power, or tampering with matters in which humans should not meddle.
Narrowing down to an infinite being, the only thing that can explain the motion is an infinite being (meaning God) which is neither a body nor a force in the body. Maimonides believed that this argument gives us a ground to believe that God is, not an idea of what God is. He believed that God cannot be understood or be compared. [10]
v. t. e. Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument advanced by Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), seventeenth-century French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian. [1] This argument posits that individuals essentially engage in a life-defining gamble regarding the belief in the existence of God. Pascal contends that a rational person ...
e. In Christianity, God is the eternal, supreme being who created and preserves all things. [5] Christians believe in a monotheistic, trinitarian conception of God, which is both transcendent (wholly independent of, and removed from, the material universe) and immanent (involved in the material universe). [6]
But Miller’s persistence inspired her to forge ahead on the film. “I swear I could feel Lee pulling the levers, going, ‘Come on, come on,’ ” says the U.K. native, noting how Lee outgrew ...