Arguments for God's Existence
Arguments for Atheism
Pascal's Wager
Free Will
100
This argument says that there is complexity and purpose in nature and thus there must be an intelligent designer?
What is : the teleological argument (argument from design)
100
According to this argument, what God you believe in is an accident of birth.
What is : The Argument from Religious Pluralism
100
Pascal is not giving an argument for God's existence. Instead, his argument says what?
What is : that it's in our prudential self-interest to bet that god exists.
100
The view that human life is fated or destined is known as what?
What is : Fatalism
200
According to Darwin, we can account for purpose and design in nature by appealing to what?
What is : natural selection
200
The problem of evil says that the existence of evil is incompatible with what kind of being?
What is : an OOO being Why?
200
One of Pascal's claims is that "if you bet that God exists and you're right, you win big." What's the "alternate ending" response to this objection?
What is : Even if there's a god, God might not reward us for believing in him just because we made a bet.
200
The view that determinism and free will can exist at the same time is known as what?
What is : compatibalism ...and what's the one compatabilist view we've discussed?
300
According to Hume, the teleological view implies that a complex and purposeful designer must also need a designer, and so on. This is known as what?
What is : The infinite-regress of designing minds objection
300
The Free Will objection to the problem from evil says that evil is the fault of humans, and not the fault of God. Yet, the free-will response still cannot explain what type of evils?
What is : natural evils (catastrophes/illnesses, etc).
300
One objection to Pascal's wager is that Pascal is asking us to do something that, for some people, is "psychologically impossible." Explain this objection.
What is :Even if you’re convinced by the wager, you might not be able to believe! I.e., beliefs aren't something you can force upon yourself. (think about the werewolf example).
300
According to the libertarian view, what is the cause of our intentional actions?
What is : the WILL (and nothing else) (There are some things in the universe which are uncaused, namely, decisions of the will. The will does act independently of causes).
400
To say "I have faith that God exists" is to say what?
What is: "I have a belief that God exists, and I don't have reason or evidence for it."
400
What principles says that it's problematic to say that God is the "first cause/prime mover," because doing so introduces unnecessary complexities and additional assumptions (in comparison to the Big Bang theory).
What is : the principle of parsimony
400
Someone who disagrees with Pascal's wager might say "Belief is not just a harmless add on to your life. If there’s a God and you act like it, you've wasted your entire life." To which of Pascal's claims is this a response?
What is : "If you bet that God exists and God doesn't, you lose, but not that much, if anything at all."
400
Determinism says: "given _________________ and ______________________, there is exactly one physically possible future."
What is : (1) laws of nature/physics (2) a set of initial conditions (i.e., the physical facts at the time of the BB)
500
According to Anselm, existence is.....?
What is : a predicate/ it adds something to the subject... and it makes a thing more perfect.
500
P1) If there’s an OOO being, then there wouldn’t be evil in the world. P2) There is evil in the world. C) Therefore, there is no OOO being. Which premise would theists dispute and how might they dispute it?
What is : P1- God has a sufficiently good reason for allowing evil to occur.
500
What's the "show me the money" response to Pascal's claim that "if you bet that God exists and you're right, you win big."
What is : Pascal is sneaking in quite a few unproven (and even unsupported) assumptions, like: -there’s an afterlife? A good afterlife (paradise) -God cares a lot about our beliefs? -there’s a hell (with torment and lakes of fire)
500
According to soft determinists, an action is free if....?
What is -The agent desired/wanted to perform the act -The act was not compelled/forced
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