Problem Of Evil For An Atheist Essay

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    Response Paper on H.J. McCloskey article On being an atheist Name Course Date During the year 1968, an atheist philosopher H.J. McCloskey came up with a powerful argument about how being an atheist was greater than the theistic way of life. Through this article, McCloskey finds a way to condemn numerous arguments which theist consider as true and in most cases seem to mock and impeach the believers of God. Some of the arguments that McCloskey tries to diminish are the three mutual proofs that

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    Foundations of Philosophy 201-28 5 November 2015 The Problem of Evil In this paper, I will present to you the problem of evil and the criticisms it faces as evil and deities coexists in one ______. Starting out it is important to understand where the dissonance comes from. How can God, an inherently ‘good’ figure, said to know everything, exist in a world where evil exists? If God knows everything that is going to happen, and does not do anything to prevent evil from occurring, or can we label him as a good

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    I will in turn dissect the claims of the New Atheist and show how the Catholic Church responds as well as showing the Churches proof of the existence of God . Background For one to fully understand the meaning and importance of the concept of New Atheism one must review the history of Atheism. Although

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    A logical argument for God’s existence or nonexistence is the cosmological argument. William Craig says in his book that there are three statements that give the cosmological argument form. Craig concluded that whatever begins to exist has a cause. The Universe began to exist therefore the Universe had a cause. What that cause was, is widely challenged. The argument against the existence of God includes the Big Bang Theory. The Big Bang Model is a broadly accepted theory for the beginning and evolution

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    reference for such a question and for atheist he argues that they use the Big Bang theory, the abiogenesis hypothesis and the evolutionary paradigm as a reference. The second part is experiential which deals with personal or spiritual experiences which are central to most religions. Most followers of a specific religion tell of their closeness to their deity which can bring up the feeling of freedom from this world and connect them to a different world, atheist also report such kind of liberation in

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    There are many different views about the nature of god and which lense one chooses to view religion or spirituality. The nine that will be discussed are animism, polytheism, henotheism, pantheism, religious dualism, deism, theism, atheism, and agnosticism. While some of these have overlapping principles, they are each unique viewpoints as of the nature of god and are held by different religions throughout the world today and in history. One of the first forms of religions was animism, or the view

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    On Being an Atheist

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    The purpose of the paper is to answer several questions arising from an article by H. J. McCloskey entitled “On Being an Atheist”. McCloskey makes the claim that he is reminding fellow atheist why they believe there is no God. He claims that the traditional proofs have no merit. I believe the sheer magnitude and complexity of the world we live in is strong evidence of an intelligent designer and creator. Only an intelligent creator could form a world where the air that we breathe is part of

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    the discussion of the problem of evil in relation to the existence of god. Specifically outlining two sections where the problem of evil is discussed from atheist and theistic viewpoint. Statement: The problem of evil features an argument questioning the existence of god in relation to evil, attributing both atheistic and theistic replies. First reply to problem of evil: (atheist). If god was all good, all powerful and all knowing, he would not allow the existence of evil. 3.1 First reply to

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    The Problem of Pain is C.S. Lewis’s first foray into Christian writing, he is more widely known for his works of fiction, mainly The Chronicles of Narnia, but has since become one of the most loved and respected names in Christian Literature. In the preface, Lewis confesses right away that, “If any real theologian reads these pages he will very easily see that they are the work of a layman and an amateur”. This self professed layman of the Church of England, however, delivers an astute defense

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    God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens

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    One of the most famous Atheists, Christopher Hitchens, asserts that religion is not only unnecessary for morality, but actually impedes

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