AH Atheism

Reorder the following from least to strongest belief in God

• Gnostic atheist

• Agnostic

• Gnostic theist

• Agnostic atheist

• Agnostic theist

​ (a)   suggests when presented with competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest ​ assumptions should be selected. It is often summarised as "the simplest explanation is usually the correct one."

• Occam's Razor
• The principle of sufficient reason
• The problem of evil and suffering
• The anthropic principle

How might theists use Occam's razor to back up belief in God?

• By arguing that God is a simpler explanation that the alternatives from science

• By arguing that God's omnipotence makes his existence more likely

• As a response to the inconsistent triad

Which of the following is an implication of the Paradox of the Stone?

• This paradox suggests that the concept of omnipotence might be inherently self-contradictory, as it implies limitations regardless of the outcome.

• If God is omniscient and knows all future events, including His own actions, it raises the question of whether He can change these events, thereby limiting His omnipotence.

• Genuine free will requires the ability to choose differently under the same circumstances. If all actions are known and thus fixed, it appears that humans cannot truly exercise free will.

What is the philosophical term for the belief that all events are entirely out of our control and which implies free will is an illusion.

• Determinism

• Anthropomorphism

• Libertarianism

• Nihilism

The existence of evil is an issue for belief in the classical concept of God as an omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omniscient God would:​

1) be aware of evil and suffering in the world;​

2) be capable of stopping it;​

And 3) would want to stop it.​

However, evil and suffering continue to exist suggesting an incoherence with the notion of God.​

What is the correct term for this issue?

• The inconsistent triad

• The free will problem

• Anthropic Principle

• Determinism

What is the term for the principle from quantum physics which states that we can know the position OR momentum of a particle accurately, but not both simultaneously?

• Uncertainty principle

• Anthropic Principle

• Principle of Sufficient Reason

• Occam's Razor

Move these features to the correct category

Groups:

(a) Desism

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(b) Theism

• Doesn't accept miracles of supernatural revelations

• Accepts miracles or supernatural revelations

• Believes that God does not intervene in human affairs

• Believes that God intervenes in human affairs

How confident are you feeling with the atheism content so far?

• Very unconfident

• unconfident

• neither confident nor unconfident

• confident

• very confident