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Sometimes I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In either case, the thought is staggering. – R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)

Transcript of Sometimes I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In ......Sometimes I think we’re...

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Sometimes I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In either case, the thought is staggering.

– R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)

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Philosophy of Religion

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What does

‘God’ mean?

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Images of God

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Zeus Zeus, the youngest son of Cronus and

Rhea, rules supreme on Mount Olympus

among the pantheon of gods residing

there.

Ingres (1780-1867), “Zeus and Thetis” (Musee Granet, Aix-en-

Provence)

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The World’s Religions Estimates of the total numbers of adherents to the major world religions are rough at best. Few religions other than Christianity attempt to keep statistical records, and even here the methods of counting differ. Below are estimates for the top ten organized religions of the world.

Religion Members Percentage Christianity 1.9 billion 33.0% Islam 1.1 billion 20.0 Hinduism 781 million 13.0 Buddhism 324 million 6.0 Sikhism 19 million 0.4 Judaism 14 million 0.2 Baha'ism 6.1 million 0.1 Confucianism 5.3 million 0.1 Jainism 4.9 million 0.1 Shintoism 2.8 million 0.0

[Source: Encyclopedia Britannica]

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Discuss in Your Groups

Describe God: List God’s three most important traits.

[facilitators: start and stop the discussion, and keep it on track] [monitors: make sure everyone’s ideas are heard]

[recorders: go to the board and write down your group answer]

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Four Views of God in the U.S.

(1)  The Authoritative God (31%) Involved in human history; powerful; punishes those who disobey; clear division between the righteous and the rest.

(2) The Benevolent God (24%) A force for good who cares for and comforts all people.

(3) The Critical God (16%) Watches this world, and settles accounts in the afterlife.

(4) The Distant God (24%) Created the world, then left it alone; believers focus on spirituality.

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Do You Believe

in

God?

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Can I Know that God Exists?

Knowledge =df justified true belief

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“I believe in God” =df. ??

(1)  I believe that a being with properties X, Y, and Z exists. (belief as “an assent to a proposition”) and/or

(2)  I accept God’s view of what is good and bad, and what counts as “the good life” or “the best life” for me (or for humans in general).

(belief as “a way of life”) and/or

(3) …

God’s (likely) Properties: (1)  all-knowing (2)  all-powerful (3)  all-loving (4)  personal (5)  creator (6)  …??

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Three Propositional Attitudes Theism

Belief in P Atheism

Disbelief in P Agnosticism

Withholding judgment about P

P = “God exists.”

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Three Propositional Attitudes Theism

Belief in P Atheism

Disbelief in P Agnosticism

Withholding judgment about P

P = “God exists.”

Three Philosophical Attitudes Philosophical Theism

The view that P can be proven Philosophical Atheism

The view that P can be disproven Philosophical Agnosticism

The view that P can be neither proven nor disproven

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Are My Beliefs about God Justified?

What are the three strongest reasons for believing in God’s existence?

What are the three strongest reasons for questioning God’s existence?

[recorders: go to the board and write down your group answer]

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Doubting God’s Existence

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Reasons to Doubt

• God of the Gaps • Diversity of Belief • Non-Religious

Explanations for Religious Belief

• Problem of Evil ?

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God of the Gaps

It’s the lovely goddess Iris!

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God of the Gaps

It’s God’s promise to all Creation!

It’s the lovely goddess Iris!

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God of the Gaps

It’s God’s promise to all Creation!

It’s the lovely goddess Iris!

It’s light refracted in small droplets of water, you nitwits! You can

replicate this with a garden hose in your backyard; it’s neither a god

nor a sign from a god.

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Karl Marx 1818-1883

“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world,

just as it is the spirit of spiritless conditions.

It is the opium of the people.”

Other Explanations for Religious Belief

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Karl Marx 1818-1883

“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world,

just as it is the spirit of spiritless conditions.

It is the opium of the people.”

Other Explanations for Religious Belief

Emile Durkheim 1858-1917

Religion is a mechanism that helps stabilize the social order.

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Karl Marx 1818-1883

“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world,

just as it is the spirit of spiritless conditions.

It is the opium of the people.”

Other Explanations for Religious Belief

Emile Durkheim 1858-1917

Religion is a mechanism that helps stabilize the social order.

Sigmund Freud 1856-1939

“Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our

instinctual desires.”

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The Problem of Evil

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Plurality of Religions

I’m right!

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Plurality of Religions

I’m right!

No, I’m right!

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Plurality of Religions

I’m right! I’m right!

No, I’m right!

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Plurality of Religions

I’m right! I’m right!

No, I’m right!

I’m right! I’m right!

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Plurality of Religions

I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

No, I’m right!

I’m right! I’m right!

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Plurality of Religions

I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

No, I’m right!

I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

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Plurality of Religions

I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

No, I’m right!

I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

I’m right!

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Plurality of Religions

I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

No, I’m right!

I’m right! I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

I’m right!

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Plurality of Religions

I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

No, I’m right!

I’m right! I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

I’m right!

I’m right!

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Plurality of Religions

I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

No, I’m right!

I’m right! I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

I’m right!

I’m right!

I’m right!

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Plurality of Religions

I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

No, I’m right!

I’m right! I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

I’m right!

I’m right!

We’re right!

I’m right!

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Plurality of Religions

I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

No, I’m right!

I’m right! I’m right! I’m right!

I’m right!

I’m right!

I’m right!

We’re right!

I’m right!

So who is right?

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Religion Poll #1 “Do you think Jesus Christ was God or the Son of God, or another religious leader like Mohammed

or Buddha?”

% % % % % ALL 82 6 2 7 3 Christians 91 3 1 4 1 Non-Christians 35 22 12 19 12

Don’t believe Jesus ever

lived Unsure Neither/Other

Religious Leader

God or Son of God

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Religion Poll #2 If your party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be ___, would you vote for that person?

Yes No Catholic 95 4 Black 94 5 Jewish 92 7 A woman 88 11 Hispanic 87 12 Mormon 72 24 Married for the third time 67 30 72 years of age 57 42 A homosexual 55 43 An atheist 45 53


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