Is It Rational To Believe In God Flashcards
(14 cards)
Theist
A person who believes in a God or Gods
Atheist
A person who does not believe in god
Rational
A belief that is logical, reasonable and based on good evidence
Monotheism
The belief that there is only one god
Polytheism
The belief that there are many gods
Miracle
An unexplainable or impossible event people might think is caused by God or supernatural
An example of a miracle
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Explain John Mackie’s argument against belief in God
Inconsistent triad : evil existing, god is all powerful, god is all loving can’t all exist at the same time
Explain William Paleys argument for belief in god
Complex things must be designed, therefore the world being complex can’t have happened by chance and must have been designed (by God)
What is William Paley’s argument called ?
The design argument
Example for William Paley’s argument
The human eye can distinguish 1 million colours, and some thing this intricate can’t have happened by chance
What is the sigmund Freud wish fullfilment hypothesis?
That religion satisfies three desires everybody has
1-the desire for a father (imagining we have a father to look over us)
2-the desire for fairness (convincing ourselves god will reward good people)
3-the desire for immortality (convincing ourselves if we are good we will have eternal life)
Thomas Aquinas argument for belief in god
The cosmological argument-everything that exists was made by something else - at the start of it all is god
What does Aquinas call God ?
The First Cause
