Argument

proposes multiple arguments to his fellow atheists that the God’s existence is not justifiable or sound. The main arguments McCloskey debates in his article are the Cosmological argument, the teleological argument, and the argument of design. He sums up atheistic debate with the problem of evil and how it directly serves against the existence of God. The first thing should be noticed about McCloskey’s arguments is how he claims his arguments are absolute proofs. Many of his arguments throughout…

Outcome 3 explores what it takes for a writer to produce complex, analytical, persuasive arguments that contribute to the conversation of existing research and matter in academic contexts. It is important for a writer, when developing a complex and analytical claim, to implement the stakes of the argument, and why the argument matters to their field of research. If the argument has no purpose, then the writers desired audience have no reason to read it. It is also vital for the writer to…

supreme being, namely God, by offering many criticisms of theism and the beliefs and arguments of theist. In the beginning of his article, he speaks on the arguments as “proofs” and tries to make an objection as to why these arguments cannot be considered concrete in the case for God. These proofs that he speaks of are the Cosmological argument, which argues for a creator, the Teleological argument or the argument from design, which argues that the universe shows signs of intelligent design…

and arguments by philosophers. The existence of God is discussed well in books such as the assortments of the world and these are important as they reveal that truly the greatest being existed. It is true that the leading argument about the existence of God was presented by Anselm in the ontological argument. This philosopher argument moves to the extent of making sure that it shows well that God exists and does not, in any case, defend on jurisdictions. Philosophers while making an argument…

Teleological and Ontological arguments, one controversial issue is whether existence is a predicate or not. On one hand, the Ontological argument contends that existence is a predicate to perfection. On the other hand, Kant disputes that existence is not a “real predicate” to perfection because it does not give attributes to explain the existence of God, therefore, making existence a special case. I will be discussing the idea of a special case and how the Ontological argument fails to recognize…

up with an argument which attempts to prove the existence of God by proving the apparent absurdity of the atheist opinion. Anselm contrasts the ideas of existing in the understanding and existing in reality to show that God must truly exist in reality. The earliest critic of the ontological argument is a monk from Marmoutier named Gaunilo who believed that we can use logic to prove things that we have no reason to believe to be true. Gaunilo believed that he could construct an argument with…

God, Design, and Critiques When discussing the arguments from design for God’s existence a few names transcend into our thoughts higher than the others. St. Thomas Aquinas, William Paley, and David Hume are these people. Aquinas was born in the year 1225 and was a Dominican monk. Paley was born in 1743 and worked as the archdeacon of Carlisle. Hume was a skeptical empiricist born in Scotland in 1711. They have used their brain power to write various literature discussing whether the design we…

proof, teleological proof and the argument from design. We can see from his thoughts that many of them could be recognized as truth, but none of them however are verified. McCloskey states that “most Theists do not come to believe in God as a basis for religious belief, but come to religion as a result of other reasons and factors (McCloskey). McCloskey argument was against the use of three Theistic proofs cosmological argument, theological argument, and the argument from design.…

Both Cooper’s and King 's works, “In defense of black rage” and letter from birmingham jail” both use the three rhetoric 's: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, as well as strategies like providing counter-argument that further supports their goals. I will explain how similar they are by exploring ethos and logos while understanding why those methods of argumentation is effective in persuading the reader. Cooper’s “In defense of black rage”, asks questions like: why would an unarmed teen go against an…

Second Way: Argument from Efficient Causes Everything effect that occurs is a result of a cause. If a prior cause does not occur, neither will the preceding effect. Therefore,…