Theism

This article is about McCloskey’s views on atheism and theism, and why he believes that atheism is superior to the views of a theist, or believer in God. In the opening of the article, the author provides his purpose for writing is not only to promote the strengths of atheism, but to prove or remind others who are atheists that theism has absurd and silly claims, and atheism is superior to theistic views. McCloskey believes that theism is insignificant and does not have sufficient evidence,…

Introduction Science is based on the premise that everything originated from something and to believe that this universe occurred by random chance seems illogical. The perplexities and intricacies of nature postulates the idea, or lack thereof, of a higher power. The question of God’s existence is one that has intrigued humanity and countless of philosophers since the beginning of logical thinking. Many philosophers believe that God exists, while others argue and refute His existence. Did the…

allows the true meaning of the words in the constitution to be effectively changed to the implied meaning of the metaphor and the effect of the "free exercise" clause to be obviated. Another factor facilitating the icon to censor all forms of Christian theism in the public arena is a complete misunderstanding of the "establishment"…

possible true. (Nash, 188). The argument presented here is presenting human free will as a measure and defense to understand why a Christian would want to defend why evil exist. However, Nash explains that a defense shows at most that the critic of theism has failed to make his case. A theodicy, on the other hand, attempts to show that his reasons as to why evil exists are true, not just possibly true. (Nash,…

himself only indirectly. In McKim’s story, there is an old woman in the community that believes that the emperor’s hiddenness is best because the uncertainty provides people with the freedom to choose what they believe. This is a common justification in theism. Hiddenness poses a multitude of problems…

In this part of the chapter, the author examines the principle of law and constancy. The author begins by noting how the creationist view, even espoused in some ways by such pivotal thinkers as Issac Newton to think of there being some definite order, or framework of rules we know as laws of nature, established by what could (in their minds) only be a god (albeit in a time where science was in its infancy and so other ways of contemplating order in the universe hadn’t been developed besides the…

The idea of existentialism is believed to have been founded by a Danish philosopher named Søren Kierkegaard, who lived from 1813 to 1855. Although Kierkegaard was a religious man, existentialism became a more atheistic worldview as the philosophy further developed in the 20th century. There are many variations of existentialism, but the main idea of it is that human lives has “no meaning unless people give them meaning.” To elaborate, existentialists say that although life itself originally has…

In his text “The Hiddenness of God”, Robert McKim begins with an allegory about an isolated community who had little remaining memory of interaction with other people groups. Only a few of the oldest members could faintly recollect the stories of once belonging to a great empire and being ruled by a great emperor, but the young and most of the old dismissed these ancient stories. An emissary arrives one day declaring that the old stories are true and that this “Hidden Emperor” requests “loyalty,…

Louis P. Pojman is a supporter of the idea that autonomy, as an ability to make choices, is not as valuable as a purpose of the life. In his article her presents his point through the argument with an atheist, who is asserted that a religion restricts a human ability to act independently. In response, Pojman argues that having a purpose in life is more valuable than autonomy. He brings an idea that theistic religion gives more meaning; it is claimed to tell the truth about the world; therefore,…

conflicting structure of the conclusions as well as how one cannot accept both conclusions without compromising one of the arguments. First I will explain the basis of Collins’ argument, which is one of the most frequently used arguments in favor of theism. In A Scientific Argument for the Existence of God, Collins centers around the observation of how finely tuned the physical constants of the universe are to the ability for any form of life to exist, if any of them were to change even the…