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The mikoshi is a way for the god to mingle with the people and see how they live. The sacred treasures of the shrine are either a sword, mirror or jewel in which the spirit of the god is said to dwell. These are rarely displayed but kept inside the shrine main building...
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The sacred sword is said to be one used by Susanoo (brother of the sun Goddess) to defeat the eight-headed dragon. The jewels (magatama) are a necklace said to belong to Amaterasu Omikami and the mirror (kagami) is also said to belong to her and hold her image...
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an argument for the existence of god Does God exist? Before dissecting this question, it is important to establish what the term "God" means. "God" is a term which means different things to different people, depending on their heritage and beliefs, but for this scholarly argument it is important to remember that the term "God" is a term used for any type of higher power which humans cannot see...	15 / 3982
Arguments for the Existence for God 1. The Cosmological Argument for the existence of God is based on the principle of cause and effect. What this basically means is that the universe was the effect of a cause, which was God...	5 / 1197
existence of god "The cosmological argument is the argument that the existence of the world or universe is strong evidence for the existence of a God who created it." This argument means that the universe as whole is very hard to imagine by man because it is so big and we have never seen the universe ourselves...	2 / 281
The Existence of God St. Anselm's point of view is one basis for the Ontological argument. St. Anselm believes in God but wants to give a rational explanation of God's existence...	6 / 1468
can god existence be proven God existence has always been questioned, whether God exist in our minds or in reality. Personally, I had questioned God's existence but I never came up with the answer, and no one has done it yet...	2 / 302
Is the existence of evil compatible with the existence of god? "Without darkness there can be no light (Shestov)." This quote says a lot about our world as we know it. To truly know something we must also know it's opposite...	4 / 1108
The Existence Of God Does God exist? Theology, cosmological, teleological and ontological arguments are all have ways to prove the existence of God. With all of these great arguments how can one deny that there is a God...	5 / 1125