On Being An Atheist J Mccloskey Summary

Atheist H.J McCloskey, author of a profound piece of literature called, “On Being an Atheist” displayed a strong personal belief on why he believes that there is no God. In McCloskey article, he attempts to persuade his readers on the idea that any religion that believes in a supreme being is foolish and that the best way to interpret our world is through the concept of Atheism. Ultimately, McCloskey believes that those who base their thinking on rationale tangible evidence will strive to greater achievements than those who base their thinking on moral belief. Though the opinions of McCloskey and myself differentiate, he provides solid evidence, which challenges myself as a Christian reader to not only dig deeper in my faith but also provide

The example that comes to mind when talking about order in creation is the analogy provided in last week’s lesson on the “watchmaker analogy”. This analogy stated that if an individual was walking on a beach and found a watch on the ground, they would automatically stop and know that at one point this watch had a designer that created it with articulate detail. No individual would be irrational enough to come to the conclusion that the watch just came into existence on the beach. Though the individual could not prove the watch was made from a designer, they could give a strong argument towards the idea that a designer created the watch rather than random chance selecting and combining all the pieces together. The extent of creation is a little more profound, however, the same standard applies. Due to the mere order within the complexity of the universe, the teleological argument would prove this to be more than satisfactory in proving the existence of God. In McCloskey’s argument, he mentions that “indisputable” examples need to be given to start proofing the existence of God. The standard of indisputability would be the idea that examples must be completely true without any disqualifiers. Thus, for Christians to prove the existence of God, their belief must be backed up by examples that cannot be proven wrong ultimately establishing a “very conclusive objection” towards their belief. Personally, I do not believe the idea of “indisputability” is very reasonable. Just because an individual cannot prove indisputable evidence does not make their argument irrational or any less valid. There will always be aspects of an argument missing in which humans can’t explain. If we were to look back on the watch maker analogy we would find out that if an individual found a watch on the beach then the belief that a designer built the watch would be an