Examine the main strengths of the cosmological argument for the existence of God (21 marks) The main question the cosmological argument ponders thought on is ‘Why is there a universe at all?’ The cosmological argument asks the scientific question behind the universe as the design argument asks an emotional one. One of the main strengths of the cosmological argument was brought forward again recently by William Lane Craig. The argument tries to say that the world couldn’t have just occurred‚ there
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→ ╙> ∴ Test 3: Monday following reading week Read Part 1 and 2‚ 10 and 11. Outline – God Religious Language: seeking meaningfulness (Existence of God is discussed later) Three Possible Ways for Speaking About God 1. Anthropomorphism (in the form of a person) mental (Is God anything like us‚ has a mind?) intelligence/moral qualities Anthropomorphic/Anthropomorphite “God is intelligent” understood literally‚ univocally (it has the same meaning whether applied to us or God)
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A Critical Review of Gene Fant’s‚ God as author __________________ A Paper Presented to Charles Carpenter Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary __________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for BIB-1223 __________________ by David Hernandez February 8‚ 2013 Fant‚ Gene. God as Author. Nashville‚ TN: B&H Academic Publishing Group‚ 2010. Gene Fant in his book God as Author argues that the gospel is not just like a story‚ but that stories are like the gospel
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During the mid-1600s‚ or the Age of Reasoning‚ Blaise Pascal authored “The Wager‚” to convince others of the time to decide whether or not they believed in the existence of God. Pascal sought to convince the religious skeptics and people of Libertine lifestyles to “wager” their belief that God exists. The hedonistic and self-pleasurable lifestyle led by the Libertines had a tendency to not have any significance or relevancy to the lifestyle of religious devotion. He argued that one is unable to determine
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the atheists that strongly believe there is no existing supernatural being that has control over the people. Or it might be someone like me that is Agnostic‚ which means I believe that the truth will never be known. All of these philosophical arguments conclude to whether there is a supernatural god or not. I could completely understand how someone can be an atheist as much as I can understand why someone would want to be a theist. It is putting yourself in someone else’s position and understanding
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Love’s ladder’s God It was their final conversation. She would soon die‚ although neither of them knew it at the time. St. Augustine and his mother waited for a ship that would take her across the sea‚ to Africa‚ where she had raised him. She had always prayed he would become a Catholic; now‚ after many years‚ he was one. “There we talked together‚” he writes in his Confessions‚ “she and I alone in deep joy.” This common joy stemmed from their shared company‚ but also their shared belief in God:
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Qi Saiyang Philosophy 101 Midterm Paper: Answers to Five Questions on Castell and Borchert’s Introduction to Modern Philosophy‚ 4th ed. (Pearson-Macmillan‚ 1983). Question #1: Explain Socrates’ view of himself as a philosopher. Answer: From the Oracle representing the God of Delphi‚ Socrates firstly got the message that no one is wiser than him. Considering both the facts that it’s impossible for him to be the wisest man and also impossible for god to lie‚ Socrates starts thinking and
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there is no purpose in rejecting God’s ethical system since you are determined to obey his ethical system and you would have no control over your own actions just as everyone else. Lastly‚ Swinburne and I might conclude to say that Ivan has a biased argument due to his specific view on the suffering of children‚ as mentioned in the chapter Rebellion‚ and not the overall aspect of
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Emily Ackerman Mandy Lobraico Philosophy 101 April 30‚ 2017 Final Essay: From Chapter 13 As my second part of the final essay I chose the questions from chapter 13. I will discuss the following questions in this essay: Is it possible that what one feels about the problem of evil depends largely on one’s prior beliefs on the existence of God? Isn’t it likely that a theist will find a solution to the problem? Isn’t it likely that an atheist will see it as disproving God’s existence? What side of
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insane. Although no true answer is given‚ the second‚ third‚ and fifth chapters do attribute to the author’s argument against religion: the chapters prove God has been idolized for centuries‚ with no apparent explanation as to why‚ which only furthers his notion that there is no valid reason for society to accept that there is a
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