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McCloskey makes the following statement challenging this argument, “The mere existence of the world constitutes no reason for believing in such a being.” (2) There is definitely a reason for our universe and why it is the way it is. Evans and Manis make a valid point when they say that there appears to be no natural reason why our universe exists versus nothing existing. Many of the items in our universe are contingent meaning that they exist but they do not necessarily have to exist. When this…

act of self-interest that is hurting others and weakening social fabrics. Self-interested act that harm others could also be considered a social problem. Manis defines a social problem as “any social condition identified by the knowledge values of sciences as detrimental to human well-being”. Thus by both the book The Wilding of America and Manis definition they combined to generate an idea that wilding is a social problem, and a social problem is wilding. A social problem is determined if the…

H. J. McCloskey wrote the article “ On Being an Atheist”. This very interesting article gave his personal opinion on why he did not believe in God. In his article he gives his opinions of the cosmological, and teleological arguments. The main argument he makes in his article is about the evil and hardship in the world which is suppose to be created by a caring and loving God. Though H.j Mcloskey wanted to have proof and contrary to his opinions of the cosmological and theological arguments…

McCloskey claims that the “mere existence of the world establishes no reason for believing in such a being.” Evans and Manis argue a unique approach to the cosmological argument. Their argument is dichotomized into three modules: “Some contingent beings exist. If any contingent beings exist, then a necessary being must exist (because contingent beings mandate a necessary…

loving God to allow evil to exist (Evans, & Manis, 2009). What McCloskey has to understand is it is God did not create the world with evil, man made bad choices and indulged into evil. In book of Genesis chapters 1 and 2, reveals how evil was never apart of the original plan. Until an atheist can prove that evil and the existence of God contradict each other, there is no valid reason that proves God doesn’t exist based on the existence of evil (Evans & Manis, 2009). Another thing McCloskey…

of the focus of Augustine’s writing was in response to the Manicheans regarding the origin of evil, to Pelagius’ position on grace and separately the response to Donatus and the acceptability of a person offering a sacrament. EVIL AND ORIGINAL SIN Mani brought together ideas from many faith traditions and myths, he identified himself in the line of succession of Zoroaster, Buddha, and Jesus and the practice of his resulting new religion (HWCM 127), Manicheanism, extended from one end of the…

In H.J McCloskey’s article, he made clear to his readers that the major dispute to theism is the presences of evil in the world. This essay will provide a response to many of the arguments McCloskey made and hopefully offer some clarifications and point out some issues with other objections to the topics of evolution, indisputable, issues of morality, and the subject matter that questions the existence of God, which he also has expressed in his article (McCloskey). The arguments were meant to be…

Sukhdeep Bhoi gives us some perspective on the events and experiences of the South Asian Indian immigrants in both the United States and Canada during the period 1900 to 1918 through the medium, Ghadar: The Immigrant Outrage Against Canadian Injustices. He is impartial when stating historical facts that need to be acknowledged by the masses. Bhoi writes with consummate influence of the principles of the Ghadar movement. He accentuates the importance of how Punjabi Sikh Americans are where they…

McCloskey’s article, “On being an atheist” presented ideals and points that were thought provoking. It can be seen from the beginning of the article, McCloskey is a proud, and seemingly closed minded atheist. This type of attitude when debating such a heavily weighted topic becomes difficult to engage and even persuade. Throughout his article, McCloskey discusses four areas that surround atheism. The four areas are: Cosmological Argument, Teleological Argument, Problem of Evil, and Atheism as…

“She is beauty and she is grace, she is the queen of 50 states, she is elegance and taste, she is Miss United States (Lawrence).” This song, from the soundtrack of the movie Miss Congeniality, describes amazing women who have been crowned Miss United States. While outside of this movie, in the real world, we do not have Miss United States; we do have other titles similar. Beauty pageants encourage their participants to be the best versions of themselves they can be through building the…