Squaring Up for God
This argument says the universe exists, so something had to start it.
What is the cosmological argument?
This argument says unnecessary suffering disproves an all-good God.
What is the argument from evil?
God is real
What is theism?
Argued God must exist if He is the greatest possible being because only existing in mind is not greatest
Who is St. Anselm?
This type of argument relies on observation or experience of the world. (Double points: inductive or deductive?)
What is a posteriori?
What is inductive?
This argument says the universe looks way too perfect to be an accident.
What is the teleological argument?
A philosophical defense trying to clear God’s name from gratuitous evil.
What is a theodicy?
Hard no to that God thing.
What is atheism?
Used a watch to prove a point.
Who is William Paley?
This type of argument relies only on logic and definitions, not experience. (Double points: inductive or deductive?)
What is a priori?
What is deductive?
This argument says God exists just by definition—no science required.
What is the ontological argument?
This defense says evil exists because a benevolent God allows humans to do their own thing.
What is the free will defense?
I genuinely don’t know.
What is agnosticism?
Gave us the First Cause and Unmoved Mover.
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?
The cosmological argument fits into this category of reasoning.
What is a posteriori?
This argument claims personal encounters with God count as real evidence.
What is the argument from religious experience?
Evil caused by nature doing its thing.
What is natural evil?
"Look my no hands" - God
What is deism?
Modern defender of the Kalam cosmological argument.
Who is William Lane Craig?
The teleological argument belongs to this type of reasoning.
What is a posteriori?
This argument turns belief in God into a high-stakes cosmic gamble.
What is Pascal’s Wager?
Evil caused directly by human actions.
What is moral evil?
God = the universe.
What is pantheism?
Argued that some suffering makes God’s existence unlikely.
Who is William L. Rowe?
The ontological argument belongs to this type of reasoning.
What is a priori?