The Ontological
God
God
All Powerful, All knowing, All Loving
According to leading astronomers and astrophysicists, the universe is still expanding. What is it expanding into?
We have no idea
Natural Theology attempts to prove the existence of God through...
experiential means
Which philosopher presented the problem of evil through the idea of the deaths of innocent children.
Dostoevsky
Name one Rhode Island college/university that I did not, at some point, attend.
Bryant
Johnson and Wales
The Ontological Proof of God is,
"If we can understand the form of God, then..."
God must exist
The Cosmological Argument for God (the Design Theory) argues that...
the Universe is so complex that it had to be designed by a higher power
Deductive Theology attempts to prove the existence of God through...
logical arguments
According to Nel Noddings, why is evil sometimes hard to identify and define.
Because evil doesn't come in the form of a devil - it looks like everyone else.
Historically, this has been my least favorite class to teach
U.S. History
According to St. Anselm, "God is that which nothing...
greater can be conceived"
Theoretically, if "time" has always existed, and God created existence, what created God?
Nothing. God exists outside of time and space.
Pascals wager argues that..
it makes more sense to believe in God and be wrong than not believe in God and be right
As discussed in class, the problem of evil's existence forces us to consider this about a potential God
That God is in some way limited or doesn't actually care about us.
My favorite Pro Wrestler of All-Time
Stone Cold Steve Austin
According to St. Anselm this comes before understanding.
Belief
According to Thomas Aquinas' theory of causation, what is God?
That which had no cause (or the thing that is itself, the first cause)
This 20th Century philosopher argued that though a belief in God is irrational, it is not unreasonable.
Wittgenstein
Free Will
My most embarrassing guilty pleasure TV Series
The Originals
What was Gaunilo's answer to Anselm's Ontological Argument for God?
Nope!
According to Aquinas, the essence of the thing precedes its literal...
existence
This person argued that God is now "dead" - meaning mankind no longer had any use for a divine being concept.
Nietzsche
What types of Evil does Free Will not explain
natural disasters
Officially, I am a member of an organized religion. Which one is it?
The Episcopal Church