Is it rational to believe in God? Flashcards

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A miracle

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Unexplainable event that people believe is caused by God

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Richard Swinburne’s argument

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For: so many miracles have happened that God must be real.

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A person that does not believe in God

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Atheist

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Natural evil

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Evil that is caused naturally such as an avalanche

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All powerful

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Omnipotent

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All loving

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Omnibenevolent

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John Mackie’s argument

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Against: God cannot be omnipotent and omnibenevolent if evil exists in the world.

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John Mackie’s argument’s name

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The inconsistent triad

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William Paley’s argument’s name

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The design argument

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William Paley’s argument

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For: Complex things such as the human eye cannot have been created by chance, so there must be a God behind it.

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The three human desires (according to Sigmund Freud)

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1: The need for a father figure to protect and look after us.
2: Heaven rewards for all the unfairness in life.
3: the thought of being immortal with God

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Sigmund Freud’s argument

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Against: Everyone has three desires, which is why religion was created as a story to fulfil, those desires.

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13
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Thomas aquinas’ argument name

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The cosmological argument

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14
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What was Thomas Aquinas’ name for God

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The First Cause

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Thomas Aquinas’ argument

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Everything that exists was caused by something else, but there must be a beginning, a First Cause, and that is God

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