Analysis on Atheism

To be honest with you I think some of McCloskey questions of the existence of God are based and as a Christian I know I have questioned the existence of God at one point in my life. I had to really learn the hard way. From the article one can see that McCloskey is trying very hard to dismiss every claim of the theistic view. From the videos on blackboard, when someone decides to prove something or someone, then that means there is certainty and assurance that thing is absolutely true. The truth of the matter is that we cannot prove one hundred percent of the existence of God and that is why an Atheist like McCloskey would say that without evidence then there is no God. McCloskey try’s his best to scientifically prove that the creation of the universe therefore claiming the inexistence of God. The world that we live in is so complex that I do not think an ordinary human mind can try in his or her might to break down and understand how the world came about. From McCloskey’s perspective, the fact that the world just exist is not enough evidence or proof for people to think or assure that there is a supreme being who controls and creates the universe.

The problem with his point of view is that even if that, science can explain the origin of the universe, there are still some things which occur that science has no explanation. For example, the guided process by which a child is brought into this world from the time of conception until delivery. Another example of things that cannot explain is sleep, why living being feel the need to sleep, these and many other questions are still unanswered by science. The one thing that McCloskey fails to comprehend is that the role of science in this world is not to take the place of God but to h...

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...ect and for this, he can feel a sense of pride. But he ultimately knows that that pride is an illusion and that, if he is right about God’s non-existence, then his life is ultimately absurd.

In conclusion I think that all of McCloskey’s arguments and claims are useless because he is trying to prove the God of the bible and I think that it is impossible to do so. I agree with Evans and Manis when they say that, the evil that God permits is justified because allowing that evil makes possible the achievement of a greater good, or the prevention of a worse evil.

Works Cited

Charles, T. (n.d.). A Response to HJ McCloskey’s “On Being An Atheist”. Retrieved from Carry your cross: http://charlestinsley.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/a-response-to-hj-mccloskeys-on-being-an-atheist/

Biblegateway (John 3:19)

McCloskey, H.J. “On Being an Atheist”. Question 1. February 1968