Arguments

The existence of God has been debated throughout history. There are many arguments for the existence of God but there are two commonly-accepted arguments among theists: the cosmological argument and the teleological argument also known as the argument from design. In his article entitled “On Being an Atheist”, H.J. McCloskey attempts to refute each of these arguments. His stated purpose in the article is to provide reasons for atheism and to show that it is more comforting to be an atheist than…

McCloskey’s view on this argument is said to be similar to his views on the cosmological argument. He shares in his article that this argument is unreasonable because this argument cannot be proven beyond reasonable doubt. This standard for a perfect argument that McCloskey requires seems unrealistic. Certainly, it cannot be possible to prove one-hundred perfect that any argument is absolutely without a doubt true. If the conclusion follows the premises, the argument is valid, but not…

controversial subject of slavery reparations. Accordingly, the evidence, structure, and thesis of the argument should uphold a level of both professionalism and pragmatism in supporting the argument. While Coates’ supports his arguments with facets from the physical, economic, social, and political aspects of injustice with according evidence, the lack of cohesiveness from the text weakens the aptitude of the argument. These factors noted in terms of structure, evidence, and failure in…

teleological arguments solve the problem of evil and re affirm the existence of God. . According to the cosmological argument by St. Thomas Aquinas, God is the first mover, the first cause and an intelligent being . God is the first mover because as Aquinas states, “Whatever is in motion must be put in motion…

Through the Argument of Possibility and Necessity, the existence of God is proven. Possibility is having the tendency to stop existing or being contingent. Necessity is a form from itself, which could not possibly have failed to exist. These two concepts and forms of being and the way they interact represent the existence of God. Thomas Aquinas, medieval theologian and philosopher, asserted and taught Five Ways to prove the existence of God. One argument of these five that I find to be…

makes us believe that evolution has a designer is due to the fact of a defender who believes that God is the designer and he has realized his purpose in his designs. I would have to say that even though there is no real proof in the teleological argument that God was our designer of the universe, that as a person who believes that there is a God, we must decide for ourselves what we believe and don’t believe about the universe. Evil is something that has been in the world, going back to the…

itself white, than who or what did? To answer this question, one must look to the rest of Paley’s argument. He claims that our society parallels these machines, though society is far greater than the machines. So, just as every word played a role in creating the poem, each part makes the stapler function, and each person plays a role in society. Third, like effects imply like causes. And if Paley’s argument is thus far true, then we can claim that the world, much like these machines, must have…

Proofs for the Existence of God, is a thirteenth century collection of five deductive arguments that, as the name suggests, supposedly prove the existence of God. In these arguments, or proofs, as Aquinas calls them, there is the assumption that there are some things that only God is capable of making happen – such as motion and cause - and ergo, God has to exist for these things to exist. Aquinas' first argument for the existence of God is that of the 'Unmoved Mover', which draws from…

base this idea off of one true creator and defend him using three complex and well thought of arguments. The first of three major arguments For God are the Cosmological Arguments. These ideas pertain to how the universe and things in the universe function. The first is that everything in the universe is put into motion by something else. Nothing just randomly gets up and moves, something…

In the article “On Being an Atheist,” McCloskey delivers numerous opinions that seek to validate the non-existence of God. This argument is known as Atheism. He does this using quite a few claims made by theists. The claims are separated into numerous segments upon which he lays his contradicting opinions. In the beginning, he delivers a short summary of the arguments offered by theists. He refers to the theists as ‘proofs’ and claims that not a single one of the proofs make sufficient…