While comparing the Aztec and Renaissance worldviews they both have similar yet different opinions. The Aztec culture was very isolated and unaware of other cultures causing them to be placed on the self determination side of the view of human nature continuum. Due to them being so isolated they had to make their own decisions with the help of their Aztec Gods. The culture had many different gods which made them have their own view on life which was different comparing it to other cultures around them.
Firstly, the Aztecs had a complicated and diversified pantheon (Appendix A). The Aztec had a strong belief in their Gods, and according to the scholars, the Aztec religion had over 200 gods and goddesses, often based on those of older Mesoamerican religions. Theoretically, the Aztec deities were divided into three groups ruling different human activities or aspects of nature: the heaven or the sky; the rain, fertility and agriculture; and the war and sacrifice. Especially, with culture based heavily on farming, the Aztec had many agricultural gods. Some Aztec popular gods and goddesses were: Huitzilopochtli (The tribal God of the Mexica of Tenochtitlan and the patron of war and sacrifice), Tlaloc (The god of rain, storm, water and thunder),
In the first chapter, the metaphysical grounds for Swinburne’s concept of a triune God have been examined and reached the conclusion that there is a higher probability of the existence of a divine individual. In the second chapter, Swinburne’s reasons for considering if there is a divine individual, then there must be three and exactly three divine individuals were presented. The third chapter demonstrated that, despite the considerable complexity of Swinburne’s concept of a triune God in comparison to other three-self theories concerning the Trinity, the former has a better explanatory power, the most reasonable interpretation and coherency. The third chapter also presented the Swinburne’s concept of a triune God avoids some of the difficulties
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The Aztecs called themselves Mexica, which was the name of priest-chief from ancient, legendary times of Mexi. There is a legendary story which tells that Mexica hailed from Chicomoztoc, the Seven Caves, from the northern lands called Aztlan i.e. the Place of Whiteness. The word Aztec is derived from this same place known as Aztlan. The shifting of Aztecs from the north to central part of Mexico marked the beginning of a tribal story; the tale about the quest and discovery of the omen and the