Philosophy of Religion

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1. There are many arguments for the existence of God, but which of these argues that God can be known to exist "a priori"? Ontological argument Teleological argument Cosmological argument None of these

2. All the main arguments for the existence of God come in various forms from various people. So who proposed the classical ontological argument in his 11th century work "Proslogion"? Saint Anselm of Canterbury None of these Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint Augustine of Hippo

3. The teleological argument for the existence of God is based around purpose and design (the Greek word "telos" actually means "end" or "purpose"). One feature of the argument is intelligent design, the idea that the world must've been designed by an almighty creator. Theologian William Paley used a famous analogy to describe this. What object was the analogy based on? An Oven An Automobile A Watch A Paintbrush

4. Many have since criticised Paley's analogy. Which of the following is the name of the following criticism? "If the Universe hadn't came into existence in a way to accommodate intelligent life (i.e. humans) then we wouldn't be here to observe it in the first place, so we can only expect it to be this way!" The Expected Existence Proposal The Weak Anthropic Principle The Teleological Deduction Law The Cosmological Consequence

5. Moving on, a famous and extremely widely used argument against God is the existence of evil in the world. If God is omnipotent and omnibenevolent, then how can there be evil in the world? What do we call this type of argument against the existence of God? Contradiction of Evil Evel Knievel's Weevil Upheaval Existence of Evil Problem of Evil

6. The problem of explaining evil is a persistent one, so when we want to provide a plausible and reasoned justification for the evidential existence of evil, we create a ______. Answer: (One word, eight letters)

7. Spot the atheist! Three of the following philosophers are theists; click whichever you think is an atheist. Richard Swinburne J. L. Mackie René Descartes Alvin Plantinga

8. Spot the theist! Three of the following philosophers are atheists; click whichever you think is a theist. Robin LePoidevin David Hume Jean-Paul Sartre Muhammad Iqbal

9. Whose criticism of miracles included the following two points? - People want exciting and wondrous spectacles and accept them as incredible as part of their nature. Also, very religious people who are committed to their religious beliefs will often provide evidence that they know is false. Friedrich Nietzsche A. J. Ayer Bertrand Russell David Hume

10. "Pascal's Wager is an argument that supports belief in God." True or false? True False