Mccloskey Argument Analysis

In February of 1968, H. J. McCloskey’s published an article called, “On Being an Atheist.” In this, he argues that atheism is a more comfortable, logical and realistic than theism. He mentions the evil that is in the world and how it doesn’t make any sense to find comfort in a God that purposely causes pain, disease and natural disasters. McCloskey also mentions it is unreasonable to live by faith in this world. In this article, he argues the three theistic proofs including, the argument for design, the teleological argument and the cosmological argument. In order to add illusive power to his argument, McCloskey uses the work “proof” rather than “theory.” Many of his concepts are accepted as truths but have never been proved one-hundred percent
They break down their argument into three different components, “Some contingent beings exist. If any contingent beings exist, then a necessary being must exist. Therefore there exists a necessary being” (Pg. 70). They explain that an infinite series is evidence to prove the contingent being exists. This presents an idea that there is no final explanation to this cause. To argue the statement by some atheist that claim that the world has always existed, they say that they do not make any claims about how old the universe which explains a universe that may have always
William Lane Craig argues in Reasonable Faith that, if life ends in a grave, that it does not matter whether someone has been a good or bad person because one’s “destiny” is not related to how a person behaves, thus someone has no motivation to live life as a good person. McCloskey argues that not believing in a God is more comforting when someone you love or yourself is going through a hard time or is suffering from a terrible disease. Rather than believing in a God who is purposely allowing the person to suffer through whatever they are going