Is it rational to believe in God? Flashcards
(15 cards)
A miracle
Unexplainable event that people believe is caused by God
Richard Swinburne’s argument
For: so many miracles have happened that God must be real.
A person that does not believe in God
Atheist
Natural evil
Evil that is caused naturally such as an avalanche
All powerful
Omnipotent
All loving
Omnibenevolent
John Mackie’s argument
Against: God cannot be omnipotent and omnibenevolent if evil exists in the world.
John Mackie’s argument’s name
The inconsistent triad
William Paley’s argument’s name
The design argument
William Paley’s argument
For: Complex things such as the human eye cannot have been created by chance, so there must be a God behind it.
The three human desires (according to Sigmund Freud)
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
Sigmund Freud’s argument
Against: Everyone has three desires, which is why religion was created as a story to fulfil, those desires.
Thomas aquinas’ argument name
The cosmological argument
What was Thomas Aquinas’ name for God
The First Cause
Thomas Aquinas’ argument
Everything that exists was caused by something else, but there must be a beginning, a First Cause, and that is God