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Anselm
came up with the Ontological argument
Atheism
denial of theism; the view that God or a go does not exist
Agnosticism
a claim of ignorance particularly of religious matters; the claim that Gods existence can be neither proved nor disproved
Anthropomorphism
the attributing of human qualities to a nonhuman entities, especially God
Cosmological Argument
argument for the existence of God that claims that there must be an ultimate casual explanation for why the universe as a totality exists
Design Argument
an argument for the existence of God that claims that the order and purpose manifest in the working of things in the universe require God
Ontological Argument
an argument for the existence of God based on the nature of Gods being
Religious Belief
the doctrines of a religion about the universe and ones relation to the super natural
Theology
the rational study of God, including religious doctrines
Religious Experience
subjective experience interpreted within a religious framework
Teleological Argument
the view that natural organisms have a purpose or are designed to achieve an end; a view that maintains that purpose is inherent in nature and affirms that the universe was either consciously designed for or is operating under some partly conscious, partly unconscious, purpose
St. Augustine
Reality contains within itself every possible kind of being from the lowest kind of inert matter to the highest kind of spirit
George Berkeley
Founder of modern Idealism
Thomas Hobbes
we can know only the measurable aspects of objects, so we can only say that measurable objects exist
Democritus
all real objects are made up of atoms
Immanuel Kant
argued that the ontological argument was flawed because it implies that existence is a characteristic of God to prove the argument/ that existence is a part of the concept
Thomas Aquinas
came up with the cosmological argument based on Aristotles ideas
W.A Dembski
one of Paleys defenders and believers of intelligent design, stated that the specificity and improbability of genes implies that they were produced by God and not by chance
William Paley
supported the design argument
Sigmund Freud
argued that people believe because they have an infantile need to be watched over by a father-like figure
John Hick
argues that evil is necessary because a paradies without pain, suffering, or evil, ethics would be meaningless and people would not be virtuous
Anselm
The archbishop of Cantrerbury offered an argument that relied on reason alone of that the nature of God is the proof of God.
Ernest Nagel
atheism is a form of materialism
Ninian Smart
religion has six dimensions: doctorine, experience, myth, ritual, morality and organization
Ernest Nagel
atheism is a form of materialism
Paul Davies
physcist that pointed out that the laws of the universe seem to be designed in a way that human life could flourish
Rene Descartes
we have in our minds an idea of a perfect God that we could not have made up ourselves, this means he must exist
George Mavrodes
theistic understanding of evolution, teleology played part
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