Anselm
What is the name of Anselm's Argument?
The Ontological Argument
The argument from possibility or contingency is which way?
The Third Way.
Who revived the Kalam argument through his recent works?
William Lane Craig
Paley's Argument for the Existence of God is called what?
The Design Argument
Pascal's Argument is called the _____ Argument for believing in God.
Pragmatic
St. Anselm's argument for God's existence uses what definition?
The Greatest Conceivable Being
In the 4th way, we observe different degrees of _______ in the world?
Perfection
According to the second law of thermodynamics, which would prove Kalam's second premise, "All closed systems tend towards ___?"
Equilibrium
In the beginning of the argument, the watch is compared to which simple inanimate object?
A stone.
This branch of the argument rests on the fact that the worst outcome associated with wagering for A is at least as good as the best outcome associated with wagering against A.
The Super-Dominance Argument
What are the two ways forms/kinds of existence?
In reality/In the understanding or in the mind.
In Aquinas' 5 ways, one starts with what?
An observation / A simple fact about the world.
Craig uses which building to illustrate the absurdity of the infinite?
The Hilbert Hotel.
Paley concludes that everything indicative of design and purpose in the watch is also present in _____, but to a much greater extent.
Kierkegaard's argument believes that religious truths are ultimately beyond the reach of human reason and logic. They argue that faith, rather than reason, is the primary way to access these truths. What is this belief called?
Fideism
According to Anselm, what is a great-making quality?
Existence
Aquinas perfected the synthesis of ____ and ______.
Faith and Reason
Which telescope measured red shift and light from distant galaxies, which proved that the universe came from a singular finite point in the past?
The Hubble Telescope
The Fourth Objection considers that the watch may have existed by _____?
Chance
This branch of the wager argument considers the fact that it’s unlikely that the probability of God’s existing is exactly one-half.
The argument from Generalized Expectations
One the counterobjections to the argument is the perfect island. What is the other counterargument?
The Argument of the Fool
Nothing can be reduced from potentiality to actuality, except by ___ ___ __ ___ __ _____
Something in a state of actuality.
According to Craig, since science is insufficient or incapable to describe the universe, what then must be the cause of the universe?
The cause must be personal.
In plain English, what are the first 3 objections?
1. We have not seen how the watch is made.
2. The watch is sometimes wrong.
3. There are parts of the watch which are useless; not an intelligent design.
_____ ______ is the last stage which goes before faith, so that every one who has not made the movement of _________ _______ cannot have faith.
Infinite Resignation