Response Paper McCloskey Article Anthony Powers PHIL 201- C09 November 6, 2015 Response Paper McCloskey Article In his article, On Being an Atheist, H.J. McCloskey attempted to prove how that holding an atheistic pattern of thought was much easier than holding a theistic worldview. McCloskey even referred to theism as a “comfortless spine-chilling doctrine.” Since McCloskey stated that proofs do not hold a vital role in the belief of God. I would question what would play a role in the belief
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Opening Statement: The world today has presented us with many questions about God and the existence of life. We understand that much of our existence is yet in question, but we do have an astounding sense of morality. Some seek to ask the question why, others tend to feed off what has been scientifically proven and more have unveiled their trust in the unknown, yet we are left to debate and discuss our belief according to past events, miraculous powers and natural states. The most common confusion
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Free Will Free will is when a person is able to make their own choice of their own accord. The reason why God has allowed us to choose is because he wanted us to be willingly good, and not forced. It is important because without free will, the question of evil and why God allows it to exist would not arise. Augustine, for example, believes that after the Fall of Man, man lost the ability to freely choose the morally right thing. He believes that our state of Original Sin makes us unable to not
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2 (a) (i) In what ways may suffering be seen as a problem for a religious believer? Give an account of two solutions to this problem. (21) (ii) To what extent is one of these solutions more convincing than the other? (9) i) Suffering may be seen as a problem for religious believers because it may make them question the existence or qualities of the God of classical theism. For example, the inconsistent triad as proposed by J.L. Mackie has three different corners, where it is impossible
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Elder 1 Tonisha Elder Phil 201 Response to McCloskey article May 7, 2016 Elder 2 In McCloskey’s article “On Being an Atheist”, McCloskey shares with us his arguments on why being an atheist is more comforting (if you will) than being a Christian. McCloskey believes that the three proofs (Cosmological, Teleological, and the argument from design) are not a basis for proving God’s existence. McCloskey discharges the proofs by saying in his article, “, theists do not come to
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The argument from religious experience is the argument from experiences of God to the existence of God. In its stronger form, this argument asserts that it is only possible to experience that which exists, and so that the ‘God’ therefore must be a God; case closed. In its weaker form (logically) the argument asserts only that religious experiences constitute evidence for God’s existence. Richard Swinburne has defended this form of argument with an appeal to the principle of credulity. The principle
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WHY DOES GOD LET THE RIGHTEOUS SUFFER? WHY DOES GOD LET THE RIGHTEOUS SUFFER? God puts the righteous people through tough times because he wants to test our faith, and make us stronger from them. God also wants us to rely fully on him for his help, and guidance through trials. If God didn’t put us through hard times we would not rely on him for anything and spend time praying and reading our bible as much because our life is too good. When God puts a trial in our lives he will always give us a
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Experience with Theology Essay Kyle Winter Professor Colombo Introduction to Theology THEO-104 Liberty University 7/1/2015 1. When you hear the word theology, what comes to your mind? (125–150 words) 2. Besides a passing grade, what do you hope to get out of this course over the next eight modules/weeks? (125–150 words) Prompt 1. Theology is the study of God. What is His nature and character are the main things I think of. When I think of theology I think of one of my favorite
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Apologetics Application Paper: FINAL Joseph R. Tapp APOL 500 B05 October 12, 2014 Introduction Throughout history the word of God has been spread many ways, by many different methods, some of which were brutal and ugly. Not all people grasped this word as it was spread. Some even started to believe that there was no God, or if there was, based on their observations he wasn’t a God they wanted to know. Such a group are those that
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The Life You’ve Always Wanted- John Ortberg The Life You’ve Always Wanted: Spiritual disciplines for ordinary people by John Ortberg SUMMARY John Ortberg’s book, The Life You’ve Always Wanted: Spiritual disciplines for ordinary people, published by Zondervan in 2002, is a contemporary exploration of the spiritual disciplines. Ortberg first introduces the purpose of the disciplines, and then examines eight specific disciplines, followed by a proposed plan for integration and endurance. The
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