Summary Of On Being An Atheist By H. J. Mccloskey

H.J. McCloskey published the article called “On Being an Atheist” in February of 1968. In this article he talks about why atheists believe that there is no God and why the existence of God fails to be the truth. This article responds to the arguments that McCloskey and how the argument he has made has had no case to help with the existence of God.

He will also explain why he believes why theism is better than theists. To show how it is a bit more reasonable he uses a “proof” instead of using a “theory” to help explain his argument. McCloskey has concepts that may be true but they are not able to be proven because there is nothing that can be proven hundred percent and that makes it hard to be proven. McCloskey does state that “moat theist

The three theistic proofs were the cosmological argument, theological argument, and the argument that is from the design. The case that he puts these three together is that of what he presents them as. The first claim which is the Cosmological case make the claim for there is an existence for God, the second case Theological is the case is an intelligent case, and then the Moral case talks about what is morally perfect. With these three together we can call them the Cumulative case, which talks about the argument of personal, moral, and the intelligent creator of the universe that we live in. All three of these arguments apart do not make a good case to prove the existence of God, but when you put all of them together then they have a strong case to prove that God does

He states that the solution is given by the theists to solve the problem of evil is what he believes. These solutions have included that the pain is very unreal, with God’s punishment for sinning is what makes the world a better place, which is God’s way of reminding these people of the existence while they have to figure out ways that need to be repaired. He makes sure that we are aware that atheists are not being effected by the evil like the theists are, which helps explain why the atheists like is so much more comfortable. Yes, evil does exist in this world but the evil that does helps make this world a better place. However, McCloskey states that “the presence of evil in the world argues against the perfection of the divine design or divine purpose in the world,” (McCloskey, 52). But this statement that he presents is not reasonable because evil does not choose either atheist or theists. Evil and the imperfections are all over the earth among the humans and all of the other living things in the universe. Evil is most likely the biggest problem that the theists will face. For McCloskey to understand evil then he must understand the opposite of evil as