article titled “On Being an Atheist” in 1968. In this article he offers arguments and what he refers to as “proofs” that a theists’ beliefs in an omnipotent‚ omniscient God should be disregarded. McCloskey bases his article on the Cosmological argument‚ the Teleological argument‚ on the problem of evil and ends his writing discussing why he claims that being an atheist offers more comfort than a theist has from a belief in God. This response will argue the truth and validity of the claims that McCloskey
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TO PHILOSOPHY MANEESHA The Ontological Argument The ontological argument ‚ conceived by St Anselm‚ claims it is better to exist in reality than understanding so it would be contradictory for God (the greatest being that can be conceived) to exist only in understanding. Therefore‚ God exists! The greatest flaw in this argument‚ pointed out by Gaunilo in his ‘Perfect Island’ argument‚ is it invites parody. He argued that it’s possible to use the same form as the ontological argument to prove the existence
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existence of God: (1) Ontological argument: It is a priori abstract reason implying that God must exist. If wheel does not exist‚ invent wheel; it is so useful. If God does not exist‚ invent God; it is so useful. We are better having a God that exists rather than a God that does not exist. Like many inventions‚ god was invented quite a long ago. If He would not have been invented then‚ He would have been invented by now. God of the people was invented by the people. (2) Cosmological argument: It claims
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darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters (Genesis 1:1-2). There are many traditional proofs for the existence of God‚ and we will look at three‚ the argument from design‚ the ontological argument and the cosmological argument. There are many ways that the universe might have been‚ it might have had different arrangement of planets and stars; it might have begun with a bigger or smaller big bang; the vast majority of these universes would not
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missing in this quest to find the ultimate answer. Yet our way of thinking has evolved enough to allow us to grasp more complex ideas to make up for lost history. My goal today is to prove the existence God using philosophical arguments. The ontological argument is an argument for God’s existence based entirely on reason. According to this argument‚ there is no need to go out looking for physical evidence of God’s existence. We can work out that he exists just by thinking about it. There are clearly
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that there is a God. McCloskey debate this topic from an atheistic perspective‚ and argued against the major arguments known as the cosmological argument‚ the teleological argument‚ and the argument
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He‚ McCloskey‚ refers to these arguments as “proofs” and he makes the implication that they cannot accurately prove that God really exists. These particular arguments are the cosmological proof‚ the teleological proof‚ and the argument from design. I believe that idea of having to have “proofs” is over-rated and/or over exaggerated. I personally do not believe that you have to have “proofs” or “signs” to know that God exist. I can feel him
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Augustine’s interminable ponderings on the problem of time in the 11th chapter of the Confessions. It was a problem that could not be resolved neither by the ontological status of time (quid) nor by the questions of its space (ubi)‚ nor by the cosmological understanding of time based on the movement of the heavenly bodies like the sun‚ the moon and the other astral powers. Augustine however noticed a flicker of order in the chaos of time through the order
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use of methodic doubt‚ a systematic procedure of rejecting as though false all types of belief in which one has been‚ or could ever be‚ deceived.” In Meditations‚ Descartes presented the cosmological argument and the ontological argument to prove God’s existence. Descartes also provided reasons
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presented of God. For each argument there are different approaches. I will be focusing on the Cosmological and Teleological Arguments. Teleological Arguments are known to be arguments from divine‚ arguing from order in the universe to the existence of God (1).With the ordering of the universe‚ created by an intelligent being‚ they hold that it is ordered towards a purpose or an end. The Cosmological Argument “is the argument that the existence of the world or universe is strong evidence for
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