Given the third scenario‚ according to Hume a marvel is the occurrence of an event that is unlikely but is very possible. For instance‚ being struck by lightning‚ or a person who had no prior health issue suddenly dying of a Heart attack. A miracle is an event that based on the laws of nature is impossible. For instance‚ walking on water‚ or a corpse coming back to life. On page 579 of Hume’s Enquiry concerning Human understanding Hume states‚ “Nothing is esteemed a miracle if it happened in the
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The Problem of Evil In this paper‚ I am going to use the free will defense to prove that the problem of evil is failed. Free will defense can explain all moral evils (moral suffering) and most of the natural evils. The problem of evils argues that if God is omnipotent‚ omnibenevolent and omniscient‚ then evil should not exist in the world. This argument claims that suffering exists in the world‚ such as war‚ famine‚ plague and so on. Also‚ this argument doubts the existence of God‚ and atheists come
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My response to McCloskey’s "On Being an Atheist." The paper written by McCloskey is nothing more than an Atheists attempt to justify his atheistic ideas and at no time should ever be taken by any other person as anything more than one man’s opinions which are based completely upon speculative ideas. Throughout this paper‚ I read statements like‚ “theists feel…”‚” Most theists believe…”‚ “They do not think…”‚ and “Most theists conclude…”; however‚ the person giving these tidbits is
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The Cosmological Argument as proof of God The Cosmological Argument is born out of premise that the world must have a cause and a reason for existing. The word ‘cosmos’ comes the Greek word meaning concerned with cause. The argument is posteriori in its nature‚ meaning it is based on thing we experience in the universe‚ and takes a probabilistic approach to try and decipher how said evidence came to being. In this essay I will focus on arguments from Aquinas‚ Leibniz and Frederick Copleston‚ whilst
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Why I Do Not Believe in God In this paper‚ I will formally and philosophically discuss the arguments posed by Thomas Aquinas and use my own personal opinions and experiences to explain my disagreements with Aquinas and why I do not believe in the existence of God. Whether or not God exists is an argument that has been ongoing since some of the earliest philosophers took it up hundreds of years ago. Many philosophers have stated arguments on this topic‚ from Thomas Aquinas to David Hume to St. Anselm
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Theme: Ever Timely‚ Ever Timeless There are a lot of philosophical issues or questions that are mostly involved in philosophy‚ but not all of these issues are preserved‚ some of these ideas are now unknown‚ yet many are still used and the argument about it is still ongoing. As of today‚ people still have questions about a lot of things. Although a lot of different philosophers have given their insights about a certain topic. Through all the centuries‚ only a few of these issues are used as their
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David Hume‚ a noted historian and philosopher‚ was Scotland’s most famous member of the 18th Century Enlightenment. Like Isaac Newton‚ Hume embraced radical skepticism and the inductive experimental method of scientific inquiry. He believed that everything we know comes from our senses. Hume attended Edinburgh University when he was in his teens. He hoped to become a professor‚ but was accused of being an atheist and was unable to find a position. Instead he spent his life traveling‚ tutoring‚ and
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"Humanity is created at an epistemic distance from God in order to come freely to know and love their Maker; and that they are at the same time‚" John Hick. Hick starts out providing a definition of theodicy‚ and contrasting both Augustine and Irenaeus’s theodicy. Theodicy has two conditions: one‚ God is real and is limitlessly good and powerful‚ and two: humans are on a religious experience. Augustine and Irenaeus’s theodicies both depict evil way back to human free will. The point that was different
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Did witches truly exist? “Johann Weyer (1515-88) was the first critic to deny the existence of witches altogether‚ arguing that it was not the witches who were recruited by the devil to harm mankind‚ but that the very belief that witches existed at all was a harmful diabolical invention” (pg. 280). Weyer used a close examination of the study of language‚ terminology‚ and translation of scripture and documents to refute the existence of witches through logic and detailed argumentative analysis.
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Anselm is deliberating on the problem of evil and the origin of evil so as to prove that God’s creation is good‚ despite the creatures having the capacity to sin. The discussion of evil‚ according to me‚ has little to do with Lucifer’s disobedience in itself‚ but more to do with (re)establishing God’s supremacy in the face of evil. Without the perfection attributed to God and his creation‚ it would be difficult to locate the capacity to forgive and restore order within him. To understand Anselm’s
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