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5 pages in length. The uncertainty that fuels atheism was brought to the forefront of public awareness in H. J. McCloskey's literary piece entitled "On Being an Atheist." The extent to which readers were both appalled and enlightened at the same time speaks to the level of opposition in the author's arguments that parallels the degree of contest his critics dealt. Indeed, McCloskey clearly illustrated in precise detail how he believed the cosmological and teleological arguments for God's existence were sorely lacking any substantiation; rather, the culmination of his philosophy was to defiantly state how faith is too risky a venture when the supporting proof is so weak. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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enlightened at the same time speaks to the level of opposition in the authors arguments that parallels the degree of contest his critics dealt. Indeed, McCloskey clearly illustrated in
precise detail how he believed the cosmological and teleological arguments for Gods existence were sorely lacking any substantiation; rather, the culmination of his philosophy was to defiantly state how faith
is too risky a venture when the supporting proof is so weak. McCloskeys criticisms of cosmological argument begin by challenging the requirement of believing in an uncaused cause merely because
the earth tangibly exists. That the planet does, indeed, exist merely illustrates how its presence within the universe is attributed to a proportional power source of the cosmos by
stating "all we can infer from the causal argument is the existence of a cause commensurate with the effect to be explained, the universe (McCloskey 63). Claiming God is
all-powerful and all perfect is to ignore the contradictory inferences easily made when considering all the evil that transpires in the world. How can God be so all-powerful and
perfect if he either a) engages in anything other than benevolence or b) stands by while another entity inflicts evil? The answer either way, according to McCloskey, is that
Gods omnipotence is limiting to his being in light of how He cannot be at once be both magnanimous and allow evil to persist.
McCloskeys criticisms of the teleological argument are bound within the value of evolution as being an answer to the evidence of design. Humanity and the environment are representations
of God; therefore, God must intrinsically exist as He, too, is a product of His own creation. The author had particular problems with it being said that the way
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