-1This is a response to H.J. McCloskey’s Article‚ "On Being an Atheist". While I believe that Mr . McCloskey put a lot of thought into this article I think he made some assumptions about all theists that are not necessarily correct. Throughout his argument it seems that he focuses primarily on the existence of evil to support his non belief in God. He started off immediately in this argument by stating that because of the evil that exists in this world that if we are to say there was a creator
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H.J. McCloskey‚ in his article‚ “On Being an Atheist‚” presents a series of arguments to defend and justify his atheist beliefs. He debates arguments for God’s existence including the cosmological argument and the teleological argument; stating that these arguments are false and argues that without “proof‚” the idea of God should be rejected entirely. He is critical of the arguments for God’s existence and offers the problem of evil to be a major concern and reason why one should not believe in the
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God and the Atheist In the first chapter of this book‚ the author‚ Paul Ferguson decided to introduced this book by describing person experience with having to explain whether there is a God or not. He was able to say that not only did he have a hard time with his first argument‚ but also that he was able to learn from it. That particular argument made him realize how important it was to “be prepared to give an answer to anyone who asks you to give a reason for the hope that you have” (1 Peter
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Becoming Atheist One day I woke up and decided that I wanted to be free of judgment and free of fear. Fear that I wasn’t living right‚ I wanted to be in control of my own life. I grew up not in a religious household but we all had that fear of God. I felt so comfortable not having a fear in going to Hell or trying to get into Heaven‚ not feeling akward when my girlfriend gives me a look for eating without saying
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same for Scientology. Therefore‚ it would only make sense for George Clooney and Angelina Jolies disbeliefs to have the same affect as other celebrities’ belief. Keeping this in mind‚ there is only one conclusion I can come to that; celebrity atheists will make the death of God a reality. This may be because society idolizes celebrities‚ the media‚ and seeking truth through
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Essay on Responding to H. J. McCloskey’s On Being an Atheist by Reed Harvey Philosophy and Contemporary Ideas Instructor: C. Wayne Mayhall Due – August 17‚ 2012 Liberty University This paper seeks to clarify whether the claims and proofs presented by McCloskey’s article “On Being an Atheist” provide sufficient ammunition to dissuade people from maintaining their belief in God. It was McCloskey’s intent to systematically discredit God and show that life without God is a better
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Response Paper H. J. McCloskey‚ a renowned philosopher in the mid 20th century‚ wrote a provocative article in 1968 titled‚ “On Being an Atheist”. McCloskey argues for atheism as the preferred and better belief system based upon his refutation of the theistic arguments. He argues against the existence of God by attempting to refute the cosmological and teleological arguments; as well he endeavours to discredit a God based upon the presence of evil. In doing this‚ he extends the boundaries for
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Response Paper Jostin Holmes PHIL 201 February 2015 In 1968‚ a article was published by a man named H.J. McCloskey called “On Being an Atheist”‚ in which an attempt to present arguments against the existence of God is made. In his work‚ McCloskey attempts to provide readers with the argument that atheism is more “reasonable and comfortable (McCloskey‚1968)” compared to the alternative theistic view. In his article‚ McCloskey attempts to make arguments against the three typical theistic
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Student Name(s) LN‚ FN MI | 1. Balauan‚ Raymart | | 2. Dejaresco‚ John Carlo | | 3. Lim‚ Jean | | 4. Maderal‚ Krizette Pearl | Group Number | | Problem 1: Strings Write a program and create the corresponding flowchart that will ask the user for the initials of the user’s first and last names and then output a greeting that says “Hello”‚ followed by the user’s initials and an exclamation mark. For example‚ if the user’s initials are J and D‚ then the output greeting would be:
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Part 2: Proving God’s existence to an atheist- Teleological Argument First‚ some atheist arguments that may be brought up in the beginning is as follows: God is omnibenevolent and would thus desire to eliminate evil‚ and God is omnipotent and thus could eliminate evil. Evil exists in the world‚ thus God does not exist since evil exists. This is a common argument that may come up about the existence of evil in the world. Most of the evil in the world only occurs because we choose to create it. When
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