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Explain Paley’s design argument and explain why Dawkins rejects design arguments

Paley's design argument infers intelligent design and purpose from the observable order in nature. His 1802 work Natural Theology is a comendium of supporting evidence. In its opening chapter, Pa...

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'It is Impossible to know anything about the Historical Jesus. Discuss.' [35]

It is POSSIBLE to know things about the Historical Jesus (John Meier) : 1) The Criterion of Embarrassment 2) The Criterion of Discontinuity 3) The Criterion of Multiple Attestation 4) The Criterion of Coh...

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Explain the Kalãm Cosmological Argument for God's Existence

The Kalãm Cosmological Argument for God's existence was propounded by the medeival Islamic theologian Al-Ghazali (1058-1111), and has recently been revived in modern philosophical discourse through the wo...

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“Ethical Language is Meaningless.” Discuss

Ethical naturalists are one group of thinkers who argue that ethical language does indeed have meaning, as moral truths are objective and can be absolutely known - this is cognitivist. F. H. Bradley for e...

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‘For Ancient Israel, the covenant made with Moses was far more important than the covenant made with Abraham.’ Assess this claim.

At first glance it may seem obvious to disagree with the statement, given that it was God's initial covenant with Abraham which began the divine relationship with Israel, and as such without it the Mosaic...

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