McCloskey’s “On Being an Atheist” Liberty University Submitted By: Heather McElroy Professor Mark Wesley Forman Introduction In 1968‚ H.J. McCloskey wrote an article on atheism called “On Being an Atheist.” He states that there are three proofs which do seem to move ordinary theists to their theism to constitute major motivations towards a belief in God‚ namely the cosmological proof‚ the teleological proof‚ and the argument from design (McCloskey). In his article he states that these
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heavily debated by theists and atheists. Many atheists are firm on the fact if there is a God on what proofs do you have on affirming your beliefs? One well known atheists‚ by the name of H. J. McCloskey published an article entitled‚ “On Being an Atheist‚” on February of 1968‚ in the journal Question One. In the article that McCloskey authored‚ he tries to validate his points that it is more logical to be an atheist instead of believing that there is a God. McCloskey debate this topic from an atheistic
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Existence: A Response to H.J. McCloskey’s “On Being an Atheist” 1 2 3 I. Introduction In this paper‚ I will be making a response to a well-known writer and atheist‚ H. J. McCloskey
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So on an atheist page I follow the admin posted this and then some random guy says "This argument is fallacious you all blame God for the bad things in life when really it’s people because God gave us free will" and then several atheists begin to bicker and argue with him over who is right and wrong for literally an hour straight before I even read any of it but they totally miss the point this dude is so full of himself for having used all these big words and was so sure he was so much smarter
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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
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It goes without question‚ that human beings will always question the existence of “God”. Whether these questions are formed in support or denial of an omnipresent creator they are important in helping shape our morality. H J McCloskey and his article “On Being and Atheist” is very critical of theists. It thus presents several arguments on how believers are incorrect in their belief in “God”‚ cosmological and teleological. McCloskey also focus’s on the existence of evil and how one can find comfort
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English Composition 1 February 24‚ 2013 Summary: A Response to an Article on Kate Chopin “The Storm” For this discussion‚ my response will be about Kate Chopin “The Storm‚” and her life leading up to it out of the article in the Patterns textbook. The story of “The Storm” is based on sexual desires and infidelity. As it is stated in the textbook‚ Chopin tells how the characters are brought together by a storm‚ while her husband and child are at the Friedheimer’s store waiting out the storm
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Essay on Responding to H. J. McCloskey’s On Being an Atheist by Reed Harvey Philosophy and Contemporary Ideas Instructor: C. Wayne Mayhall Due – August 17‚ 2012 Liberty University This paper seeks to clarify whether the claims and proofs presented by McCloskey’s article “On Being an Atheist” provide sufficient ammunition to dissuade people from maintaining their belief in God. It was McCloskey’s intent to systematically discredit God and show that life without God is a better
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Philosopher and atheist‚ H.J. McCloskey published an article titled “On Being an Atheist” in 1968. In this article he offers arguments and what he refers to as “proofs” that a theists’ beliefs in an omnipotent‚ omniscient God should be disregarded. McCloskey bases his article on the Cosmological argument‚ the Teleological argument‚ on the problem of evil and ends his writing discussing why he claims that being an atheist offers more comfort than a theist has from a belief in God. This response will argue
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God and the Atheist In the first chapter of this book‚ the author‚ Paul Ferguson decided to introduced this book by describing person experience with having to explain whether there is a God or not. He was able to say that not only did he have a hard time with his first argument‚ but also that he was able to learn from it. That particular argument made him realize how important it was to “be prepared to give an answer to anyone who asks you to give a reason for the hope that you have” (1 Peter
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