Exam 2: God and Religion

If sound, Aquinas's arguments prove that the God of traditional religion (an all-knowing, all-good, all-powerful being) exists.

James thinks that, in the search for truth, above all else we must avoid being in error.

The share of Americans who believe in God with absolute certainty has increased in recent years.

According to Hick, a certain amount of evil in the world is

Some design arguments are framed as

According to James, a live option is a

Philo says the analogy that Cleanthes uses to make his case is

Aquinas accepts the notion of an infinite series of causes.

Many scientists say that some events (on the quantum level, for example) are literally uncaused, and some say that the universe itself could have been uncaused. If these claims are true, how would they affect the cosmological argument? How does Craig respond to the suggestion that science shows that some events are uncaused?

What is Stephen Hawking's view of the connection between the laws of science and the existence or nonexistence of God? Do you agree with him? What are reasons?

Paley maintains that the key difference between the "contrivance" of a watch and that of nature is that the latter is

Philo demonstrated that Anselm's argument was sound.

Kant declares that existence is a predicate.

James says that a genuine option is

Swinburne argues that theism is a very complex hypothesis.

According to Paley, we must conclude that a watch had an intelligent designer if the watch

Hick believes that such evils as poverty, oppression, persecution, and war are