Despite Mackie seeming to have proven the logical problem of evil to be sound it is not surprising that theists have sought to resolve the problem rather than abandoning their beliefs. Responses to the problem of evil fall into the categories of defences or theodicies. Generally speaking a defence is used in response to the logical problem‚ simply showing how there is no logical inconsistency. This does not require an explanation of evil‚ nor need it be true‚ as a false though coherent explanation
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THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPT OF GOD Christians claim that their concept of God is found in the Bible. Known as classical theism‚ this view of God has long been considered the orthodox theistic position of the Western world. Though there are numerous divine attributes that we could examine‚ for our present purposes it is sufficient to say that the God of classical theism is at least (1) personal and incorporeal (without physical parts)‚ (2) the Creator and Sustainer of everything else that exists‚ (3) omnipotent
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will be the explanation of how Buddhism has been called a nontheistic religion. There will be a description of the cosmology and methods taught by Gautama Buddha based on the definition of the religion. There will be also the definition of theism as well as theism is expressed in different forms of Buddhism that developed in centuries after Gautama Buddha. Moreover‚ there will be the discussion on the relationship between Buddhism and Basic Religions in various countries.
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Erica L. Allen 5/2/15 Professor Mabry Apol 104 Critical Thinking Assignment Secular Humanism regarding the question of origin‚ seems to lean toward the determination “that matter has always existed and given enough time and chance‚ the end result is what you see around you today.” (Weider‚ Gutierrez 64). There is a lack of evidence that God exists and man is viewed rather as a machine‚ having no control over their existence and once man’s life has come to an end‚ this machine ends (65). Humanists
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Katie Wyatt 20th October Examine the key strengths of the Design Argument for the existence of God The Design Argument can be split into two sides: design qua purpose and design qua regularity. The key idea of design qua purpose comes from William Paley. He used analogy as the basis for his argument‚ noting how the complex design of a watch allows all the parts to work together perfectly to achieve its purpose. He then noted the complexity‚ order and purpose of the universe‚ stating that "every
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I. Islamic Worldview a. The Question of Origin – Similarly to Genesis of the Bible‚ the Quran offers verses describing creation. “Surely‚ your Lord is Allah who created the heavens and the earth…" (Yunus 10:3) The Quran also tells us that Allah is the creator of all‚ including man. There are very few differences between the Islamic and Christian views of Creation‚ as both views accept that everything was created by the Lord. b. The Question of Identity – “The Islamic Identity is taken to mean the
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Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Part XII of Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Introduction Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by Hume tries to explain whether there is a possibility of religious belief being rational. Hume being an empiricist‚ someone who believes that all kinds of knowledge are got through experience‚ strongly reasons that beliefs are rational only if they are adequately reinforced by experiential evidence. This leads us to the question that seek to find out whether there is
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The loss of Human Dignity with a Naturalistic World Throughout the centuries there have been various theories that have tried unsuccessfully to account for human dignity and intrinsic value without God. However‚ this paper will only focus on the theory of naturalism and its lack of a strong argument for the existence of either. Therefore there must be a successful accounting of the presence of God within the theory of naturalism to argue the existence of human dignity and intrinsic value
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also believed that God created the universe and its physical laws‚ set the universe into motion and then moved away‚ and also believed that god has no personal relationship with his humans. Theism: God and humans have a personal relationship and direct communication through prayers‚ meditations‚ etc.. Theism can be polytheistic (belief in one God) of monotheistic (belief in more than one God) Atheism: God doesn’t exist because there are no enough proofs Agnosticism: God’s existence isn’t certain
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George Berkeley (1685-1753) believed his mission to be the vigorous defense of theism and the affirmation of the primacy of the spirit over matter against the growing materialist trend among British intellectuals. He described his philosophical system as an immaterialism since it is aimed at responding to the errors of materialism. What exactly is immaterialism? Berkeley retains that matter does not exist in itself. When we say that something exists we mean that such a thing is perceived by us‚ that
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