arguments for and against God

Theist

Believes in the existence of a god or gods

Atheist

Does not believe in the existence of any gods

Agnostic

Believes that nothing is or can be known about the existence or nature of god

Monotheist

Believes in one god

Polytheist

Believes in multiple gods

Rationalist

Believes that action and opinion should be based off of reason and knowledge rather than religion or emotion

Literalist

Interprets religious texts in a literal way, believing events happened exactly as written

Teleological

The explanation of the existence of God based off he idea that things are too complex to have just happened by themselves.

Cosmological

The argument that everything must have a cause, and the original cause was god

Natural selection

How organisms evolve - better adapted organisms survive to reproduce and pass on characteristics.

Singularity

A single point of infinite destiny and temperature from which the universe exploded from on the big bang

Theodicy

A philosophical defence of gods goodness in the face of existence of evil - inconsistent triad

Antisemitism

Discrimination against Jewish people

Reasons for disagreement around god

• Upbringing

• Culture

• Personal experiences

• Interpretations

William paleys watch anology

You would assume watches are too complex to have just happened, and must have a creator, and that is the same with the natural world.

Pascal’s wager

It’s better to believe in God and them not exist than to not believe in them and they do exist

How does evolution challenge god?

If we developed over millions of years to achieve such complexity, God is no longer necessary to explain design

Big bang theory challenge to god

The universe exploded from the singularity and cooled overfilling of years, transforming energy into matter, so God wasn’t necessary to create the world

Philosophical challenge of the holocaust

Problem of evil - if God is all loving and all powerful, why dodn’t they do anything?

David he’s criticisms of the watch analogy

• The world is organic and not mechanical, bad comparison

• Flawed design - the world does have problems

• No proof that one god did this, could be lots of smaller gods

Criticisms of pascal’s wager

• What if you believe in the wrong God?

• Is it true religion if it is based off of a bet?

Free will theodicy:

God gave humanity free will, that’s why bad things happen - human sin, not god

Soul making theodicy

Overcoming suffering allows humans to develop things like bravery, empathy etc and proves of disproves faith.