an entity is experienced‚ it means that it must exist. It implies that God is the sort of being that is possible to be experienced and that people can claim to have experienced God directly. One may conclude from this that God exists. Richard Swinburne suggested that there are two different types of religious experience: Public and Private. An ordinary experience comes under public and is an experience where a person interprets a natural event as having a religious significance (for example the
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witnesses. Laws of nature appear to be fixed and unvarying e.g. law of gravity. Miracles appear to violate the laws of nature and so it is logical to conclude it is more likely the report is incorrect than a law being violated. However‚ Richard Swinburne responds by stating laws of nature are only good general descriptions of the world‚ they do not remove the possibility of miracles occurring. This is based on the assumption that all natural laws are corrigible if a new discovery is made. Hume’s
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Everyone has their own opinions and beliefs and can interpret information as they see fit. Both Bertrand Rusell and Richard Swinburne have expressed their views on the topics of the mind soul and the after life. These are very complex areas of science and have their own ideas of what the mind and soul are and what there purposes are. Russell discussed the finality of Death. He argues that there cannot be life after death and that after the destruction of our body’s that our memories and personality
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the theistic arguments Nagel brings forth an argument in defense of Atheism regarding the existence of evil and stands to prove that if evil exists then the theistic version of God cannot exist either. In response to the argument from evil Richard Swinburne
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i) Explain the prominent features of the design argument ii) Comment on the view that the design argument provides coherent explanation for the universe. The design argument is the argument for the existence of God based around the idea that the universe is designed and if it has been designed then there must have been a designer and therefore that designer must be God. Like the cosmological argument it is an a posteriori argument‚ which means that it relies upon empirical evidence (evidence
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world without problems‚ difficulties‚ perils‚ and hardships would be morally static. For moral and spiritual growth comes through response to challenges‚ and in a paradise‚ there would be no challenges”‚ (Irenaeus‚ Unger & Steenberg‚ 2012). Richard Swinburne developed the idea that there are certain ‘higher’ goods God wants for us and that some of these goods not only logically preclude the existence of other goods but require the existence of
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Examine the key features of the Teleological argument. The word teleological comes from the Greek word ‘Telos’ which means purpose. The teleological argument is a posteriori and like the cosmological argument‚ attempts to prove the existence of God. It claims that certain phenomena within the universe appear to display features of design and are perfectly adapted to fulfil their function. Therefore‚ if features of the universe are so perfectly designed‚ for example the structure and function of
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& Pictures | Astronomy‚ Solar System Images | Space.com. Space.com‚ 04 May 2009. Web. 13 Sept. 2011. . "Type Ia Supernova." Cosmos. Swinburne University of Technology. Web. 13 Sept. 2011. . "Type Ib Supernova." Cosmos. Swinburne University of Technology. Web. 13 Sept. 2011. . "Type Ic Supernova." Http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/T/Type+Ic+Supernova. Swinburne University of Technology. Web. 13 Sept. 2011. .
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