Pascal’s Wager vs. the Ontological Argument Pascal’s Wager was a groundbreaking theory posed by the French philosopher‚ mathematician‚ and physicist Blaise Pascal. Pascal‚ who is said to be the father of modern probability‚ felt that that religion should be approached as a gamble. It was one of the first efforts to incorporate the concept of infinity. The wager stated that‚ even though the existence of God cannot be determined through reason‚ one should wager as though God exists‚ because living
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THE INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGION HAKEEM KOLAPO FUJAH APPLIED THEORY OF PEACE AND PEACE EDUCATION SERIES DISCUSSION PAPER 1 IS IT LOGICAL TO BELIEVE IN GOD? Are these extraordinary times? To win the ideological war against terrorism and protect the minds of youth from radicalization is engaging enough. Equally worrying is mounting evidence that too many people across continents may be losing their minds. Alongside possible over-population‚ joblessness and emasculation
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Introduction to Philosophy 200 Spring 2008 My Proof of Theism Jenny Wiggins In this essay‚ I plan to give proofs that defendtraditional theism. Traditional theism is defined by E.K. Daniel in his essay‚ A Defense of Theism‚ as: “there exists a being‚ God‚ who has all of the following attributes: God is omnipotent (all powerful)‚ omniscient (all-knowing)‚ supremely good (omnibenevolent)‚ infinite‚ eternal‚ a being who possesses all perfections‚ transcendent to the natural universe‚ but the
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Lecture One: THE NEED FOR APOLOGETICS: A SUMMARY OF THE ESSENTIALS OF CHRISTIANITY FOUR ATTACKS ON GOD: AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTI-THEISM In our current generation‚ Christianity has faced a fresh new series of assaults. In recent years such books as Sam Harris’ The End of Faith and Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion have become best sellers. Their attacks have focused on the reasonableness and logic of the faith‚ and the have lobbed salvos against such modern Christian authors as Frances Schaeffer
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Sometimes‚ an individual becomes unaware of an idea or an assumption and subconsciously believes it as a fact; however‚ this oblivion can turn out to be a massive frustration cause if that “fact” is ever proven false. For instance‚ in sports‚ after a long winning streak done by a top-level team‚ the supporters of the team would never believe that there would be any chance of losing against a lower-level team. If that ever happens‚ the shock would be more painful to the supporters than what it would
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Response to McCloskey’s “On Being and Atheist” I respect individual worldviews‚ as I desire people to respect mine. At the same time‚ I do have the freedom of agreeing or disagreeing with ones that are deviate in nature from my own. One prime example is the worldview of H. J. McCloskey. Although I respect his worldview‚ and understand his reasoning behind it‚ I also disagree with it as well. McCloskey’s views are one of an Atheist. I am a Christian‚ and consider myself a theist who believes in
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science debate Wide spread myth that science has always been on a collision course with the belief in God and so therefore‚ natural science and faith in God are incompatible. Argued by the new atheists - that science leads away from God.- leads to atheism. Myth; significant natural science project of this generation is the human genome project. First director of it was Jim Watson- discovered the double helix structure of DNA he was an atheist. 2d director - Francis Collins hes a Christian who was
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Secularism The world today is filled with a variety of religions. Different religions cause conflict because of the dissimilar beliefs as with secularism. Secularism is the indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations according to the dictionary. The religious civilization acknowledges secularism as any movement in society directed away from the otherworldliness to life on earth. No matter which way it is defined the main point is that God is excluded from
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Epicurean Paradox The problem of evil‚ also known as the Riddle of Epicurus‚ states: If God is willing to prevent evil‚ but is not able to Then He is not omnipotent. If He is able‚ but not willing Then He is malevolent. If He is both able and willing Then whence cometh evil. If He is neither able nor willing Then why call Him God? I can give my opinion as a Christian‚ and can’t speak for other religions. But for us‚ God’s “will” revolves around Who He is. In short‚ God IS Love. We believe
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There has been a debate on God’s existence has remained a very heated argument that has been carried down through generations. Several arguments have been brought forward by those who are against the claim that God exists as well as by those who are for the argument. These arguments can be of cosmological or teleological nature. Cosmological arguments are based on philosophical laws as they try to argue for or against the origin of man and how they help describe the origin of God’s existence. Teleological
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