The greatest challenge to theism is what is known as the 'problem of evil'. That is to say, that the existence of an omnipotent (all powerful) and omni-benevolent (all power knowing) God is not possible, given the existence of evil in the world. 

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The development of the Trinity - What was most at issue theologically in the Councils of Nicaea (325), Constantinople (381) and Calecedon(451)?

In 325 The Emperor Constantine called the Council, composed of some three hundred and eighteen bishops, to meet at Nicea in view of ending the controversy between Arius and his bishop Alexander, over the divinity of Jesus.

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Socrates on the topic of morality is quoted as saying “we are not talking about something little but how we ought to live”. As morally conscious individuals, we are concerned with the qualities required for living a moral life, to be ‘good people’ and with our actions being deemed morally praiseworthy. However, this concern presupposes that there are correct answers to moral questions and that there exists a domain of moral facts about which we can form beliefs and which we may be mistaken about.

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Col Muammar Gaddafi the eccentric dictator was renowned for his cruelty and extravagance.  Throughout his 40 year reign of terror, he established a family fortune estimated to be in excess of $20 billion. But as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, and in his last moments, Gaddafi was terrified, cowering in a drain under a motorway, reduced to a wounded sewer rat.  As he was discovered by the rebel mob, he was dragged throughout the streets, beaten, sodomised with a blade, and his life was ended with a bullet to the head. Finally, his body was placed on a car to be paraded like a hunter’s proud catch of the day. 

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In earlier times it was widely believed that our children and grandchildren would live in a new era void of religion and its infantile illusions. That generation's cultural high point came on April 8th, 1966, when Time magazine carried a lead story, entitled "Is God Dead?' The story described the advent of the "death of God" movement. And yet, over 50 years on from that proclamation, nothing could appear further from the truth. It has been widely noted that since the 1980’s, there has been increase of religiosity across the world, including in the western world.

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