On Being an Athiest

On Being an Atheist

What is an atheist ? Before discussing H . J . McCloskey 's On Being an Atheist ' it is quite necessary to establish our understanding about what atheism is . Jeaneane Fowler defines atheism as the belief that God does not exist ' From the Greek atheos meaning without God , Fowler stated that the term Atheism stands in contradistinction to theism which in its widest sense means belief in a personal god , goddess , gods and goddesses

Going back to McCloskey 's article On Being an Atheist ' McCloskey raised several arguments that rejecting

theist arguments on the existence of God as well the Christian belief of Jesus Christ . While McCloskey had a strong argument particularly on the problem of evil however , his arguments were simply based on narrow realities of life such as pains and anguish which are commonly experienced by many people In this argument , McCloskey dismissed the Christian teaching that God is a perfect God , full of goodness and mercy for his people , wherein he stated , To have faith in his existence and perfection in the face of existence of evil is to be irrational and foolish

The following are detailed response on the arguments raised by McCloskey in his `On being and Atheist

The place that proofs play in coming to believe in God

There are three proofs that play a place for people to believe there is God . These three proof which were each refuted by McCloskey include the cosmological proof , the teleological proof , and the argument from...