Test 2

Question 1

Why is a belief in Christ preferred to a belief in nothing?

Answer 1

1. Being able to show how Christianity is true and other religions are false based on evidence
2. Having a reason for what you believe
3. Having a belief in the afterlife
4. Gives reason to life
5. Not living in denial of why things are the way they are

Question 2

Potential consequences of God not exiting?

Answer 2

1. Without god we could not go to Heaven
2. Be doomed to death
3. Not know the difference between right and wrong
4. Life would have no meaning
5. We would not exist if God did not exist because God creates us

Question 3

Outcomes of God existing?

Answer 3

1. Eternal life with Him
2. Having a purpose in life
3. Knowing a difference in right and wrong
4. Having a value in life
5. Having a reason to for life

Question 4

Anslem’s ontological argument

Answer 4

• If something exists in the mind it exists in reality
• we cannot conceive things in our mind that cannot possibly exist
• if we can conceive God, and we cannot conceive anything greater than God, then God must exist in reality

Question 5

Plantinga’s ontological argument

Answer 5

• there is a possible world in which there is a maximally great being
• A maximally great being can only be maximally great if it is maximally great in every world
• therefore, if a maximally great being exists in this world, it has to exist in all worlds

Question 6

Leibniz’s cosmological argument

Answer 6

• everything that exists has an explanation of its existence
• if the universe exists, it was created by God
• the universe exists
• therefore God exists

Question 7

Kalam Cosmological argument

Answer 7

• everything that begins to exist has a cause
• the universe began to exist
• therefore the universe has a cause

Question 8

God after life and death

Answer 8

-the question of God’s existence is center to the question of life after death
- if God does not exists then death is inevitable and there is no hope for life after death
-if god does exist death is still inevitable but there is hope for life after death

Question 9

Meaning

Answer 9

• the ultimate sacrifice can only be given by God
• if one is to have any sort of meaning it must be given by something greater
• God is the only one who can give meaning since he is greater than creation
• longevity does not create meaning
• no God= no ultimate meaning

Question 10

Value

Answer 10

• immortality and God are necessary to affirm any sort of ultimate system of values or morality
• if death is the end there seems to be little reason to not live
• no Gpd = no ultimate value

Question 11

Purpose

Answer 11

• if there is no ultimate meaning then there can be no ultimate purpose
• life is entirely without reason or purpose if God does not exist
• no God = no ultimate purpose

Question 12

Can one truly live without meaning, value, and purpose?

Answer 12

• if God does not exist then at best one can only pretend that life has meaning value and purpose. One must make a point to not ask or think about where these come from, but simply live as if they are real.
  -atheism does not seem to be truly livable, but affirmed intellectually, but denied by living a life of real meaning, value, and purpose