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| Name the five main arguments for the existence of God? |
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| Cosmological, teleological, moral, miracles and revelations |
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| What is the First Cause Argument? |
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| The ideas of the first cause argument is the basis of the origin of the universe. It states that something was not caused by anything else but caused everything else. This is the First Cause, also known as the Uncaused Cause. Aquinas said everyone believes that the Uncaused Cause was God |
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| What are the main problems for Aquinas' argument? |
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Aquinas says everyone believes the Uncaused Cause is God but he hasn't asked everyone
He also does not know everything id caused by something else
Aquina's God caused the world but we don't know what happened to Aquinas' God. Did he just cause the world and disappear? |
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| Name some famous philosophers' problems with the Cosmological argument |
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Definition
Hume- this is based on the assumption that there must be a First Cause
Russell- Who made God?
Pascal- Only proves that there is a first cause, not necessarily God
Unknown- Assumes infinite regression (a circle) |
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| What are some reasons to believe in God? |
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Definition
The world is so amazing that it can't be an accident, someone must have made it
God helped me with my problem
I felt God |
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| What are some reasons God doesn't exist? |
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Definition
The world started by the Big Bang- not God
I have never seen God
What about evil and suffering? |
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| What is the Teleological Argument? |
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Definition
| Paley suggested the analogy of a watchmaker. He said that if you found a watch on the beach, you would see how intricate and detailed it was. But if you saw a stone you would say it wasn't designed. Therefore, someone must have designed the watch. He said that it is the same as the world. Someone must have designed it- for Paley that was God. |
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| What are the problems with the Teleological Argument? |
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Definition
Paley compared the watch to a stone and said a stone wasn't intelligently designed but a stone is part of the world and therefore is intelligently designed.
The world could have been an accident but looks like it was designed.
What happened to Paley's God? Did it disappear after creating the world? |
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