In the article, “On Being an Atheist” H.J. McCloskey tells us he is a proclaimed atheist. For years there has been a huge debate between theists and atheists regarding questions about God and Life. Some of these questions are: Is There a God? And Why is there evil in the world? H.J. McCloskey has many viewpoints concerning the reality of God and the fact the world was formed by a gifted creator. McCloskey argued the three theistic proofs, which are the cosmological argument, the teleological argument also known as the argument from design, and the problem of evil. He also tries to show that atheism is a more reasonable and comfortable belief than that of Christianity. In our reading from the Evans and Manis book, Philosophy of Religion:
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51). His view of a cosmological argument is the idea of fate and the first cause. McCloskey’s belief is that everything happens because something causes it to happen. He states that the creation of the world does not require us to believe in a being such as God but instead tells us that there was something that existed which was able to cause the world as we know it to occur. The cosmological argument that McCloskey wants us to believe is simply that that is no reason to believe that there is a higher being like God that created us and the world. In our other reading by Evans and Manis, they tell us that the cosmological argument is not proof, but that things exist by fate or cause. In their book Philosophy of Religion: Thinking About Faith, they simply explain that there is no rhyme or reason of how things came, why there are certain things, or a world in which we are apart of. The only reason for the universe and the things that are around us is through the existence of a necessary being. There are really no answers to these questions of how the world and humans exist, only faith in how it happened. McCloskey does not believe in using the cosmological argument to prove the existence of God. …show more content…
His view is more discouraging to believe in a God who allows bad things to happen than to believe that there in no God and no life after death. In the article “Absurdity of Life Without God,” William Craig tell us “For is there is no God, then man’s life become absurd” (Craig). There are three points that Craig makes in his article. One is there is no value to one’s life without God. Another is there is no purpose without God and finally life has no importance without God. McCloskey claims that atheism is more comforting than theism is far from what I believe. Similar to Craig, I believe that life without God has no value and to me that is not a comforting way to live life, knowing that once I am dead there is nothing to look forward
51). His view of a cosmological argument is the idea of fate and the first cause. McCloskey’s belief is that everything happens because something causes it to happen. He states that the creation of the world does not require us to believe in a being such as God but instead tells us that there was something that existed which was able to cause the world as we know it to occur. The cosmological argument that McCloskey wants us to believe is simply that that is no reason to believe that there is a higher being like God that created us and the world. In our other reading by Evans and Manis, they tell us that the cosmological argument is not proof, but that things exist by fate or cause. In their book Philosophy of Religion: Thinking About Faith, they simply explain that there is no rhyme or reason of how things came, why there are certain things, or a world in which we are apart of. The only reason for the universe and the things that are around us is through the existence of a necessary being. There are really no answers to these questions of how the world and humans exist, only faith in how it happened. McCloskey does not believe in using the cosmological argument to prove the existence of God. …show more content…
His view is more discouraging to believe in a God who allows bad things to happen than to believe that there in no God and no life after death. In the article “Absurdity of Life Without God,” William Craig tell us “For is there is no God, then man’s life become absurd” (Craig). There are three points that Craig makes in his article. One is there is no value to one’s life without God. Another is there is no purpose without God and finally life has no importance without God. McCloskey claims that atheism is more comforting than theism is far from what I believe. Similar to Craig, I believe that life without God has no value and to me that is not a comforting way to live life, knowing that once I am dead there is nothing to look forward