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3 arguments for existence of God
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cosmelogical, design/ teleological, ontelogical
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cosmelogical
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aquinas- existence of God can be proven 5 ways: motion, efficient cause, necessity/ contingency, degrees of goodness, and degrees of harmony
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cosmelogical- motion
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nothing can set itself in motion, it has to be set into motion by something else. God put everything in motion first.
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cosmelogical- efficient cause
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nothing caused itself to be, everything has a maker
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cosmelogical- contingency/ necessity
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everything is caused to exist forever by something so there has to be a higher being that was already there
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cosmelogical- degrees of goodness
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there has to be something that is the cause of existence of beings, goodness, and perfection
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cosmelogical- degrees of harmony
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all beings have to be directed towards an end
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teleological/ design argument
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william paley, the fact that the world exists implies that there is a world maker
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arguments against cosmelogical
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infinite regression- nothing can be infinite. the planet could have always been here so God doesnt have to be a necessary component. Who put God in motion?
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atheistic
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there is no God
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agnostic
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huxley, lack of evidence that there is a God or not
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characteristics of judeo christian God
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transcendent(above earth space and time), creator, individual, omnipotent (all powerful), necessary, eternal, unchanging, omniscient (all knowing), spirit, loving
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pantheistic
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spinoza, God is everything and everything is God
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panenthiesm
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krause, everything is in God
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ontelogical argument
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anselm. God is that which non greater can be conceived. if God were an idea, then we would be able to imagine something greater so he must exist
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criticism of ontelogical argument
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kant: existence isnt a characteristic.
danilo: said you can prove the existence of anything by switching out the word (but he is factually wrong) |
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religious wagers
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opposition to agnostic. made famous by pascal. if you believe in God if he exists you will gain everything, and if you dont believe in God and he doesnt exist you wont lose anything but if he does then when you die youll lose everything.
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Dr. Cording's ontological argument
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perfection entails existence
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2 famous books
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darwin: origin of species. survival of the fittest, natural selection. and mill: mills on liberty?? the truth shal prevail
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James' Will To Believe
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it's wrong to believe in something without evidence. genuine option: you have your own option what to believe.
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voltaire
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if there wasnt a God we would have to make one up
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Freud
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God is an illusion. people believe in God because they need to feel that someone is there to protect them
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Kant's view on God
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we feel an obligation to work for a world where justice prevails. moral goodness is rewarded in the end. evil people get what they deserve. we must believe God exists, but we dont know for sure. existence isnt accredited to scripture, argued cosmological.
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flew
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athiest, had evidence God didnt love him but when he presented it to christians they said its not real evidence. if you cant prove something then its meaningless
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athiest 3 evils
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omnipotence, love, omniscience. (land owner story)
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kierkegaard
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focuses on ethics as why God exists.
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Daly
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perception of God as a male is sexist. says we should see God as a goddess
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Conway
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God is outside of time because time requires change. God is free because external forces cant change him but He is bound to his inner goodness. he has to make good creatures. God is justice and governs His creations
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creationist
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God created humans in the present form within the last 8000 years, created the world as it is today
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theistic evolutionists
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God guided the process of evolution over millions of years
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darwinists
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God played no role in evolution
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genuine option
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you have the option to believe what you want to believe
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empathy questions
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people struggle to believe in God, the idea of struggling is healthy, being mean is not a solution to struggle
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hinduism
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4 primary values: wealth, pleasure, duty, enlightenment (highest spiritual value)
brahma: only the brahma is real karma: what goes around comes around scripture is the vedas |
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buddhism
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samsana: reincarnation
dharma: teachings of buddha nirvana: liberation from the reincarnation cycle avidya: ignorance and unawareness |
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freud
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since God is a male it further divides men and women.
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Ivan Illyich question
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answer is D, death
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mysticism
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the direct experience of a religious dimension of reality that we can truly know only when we surrender our individual selves and achieve a union of ultimate reality. (they think they can actualy speak with God)
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believe in God:
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spinoza, krause, auquinas, anselm, kant, pascal, daly (sort of), conway, kierkegaard
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athiests:
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darwin, flew
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agnostics:
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huckley, clifford
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clifford
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ethics of belief. all beliefs are grounded in logic
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