The assignment (quiz):
Here’s what you need to do for the first quiz (counted as 2 quizzes):
Go to www.closertotruth.com
Register
Click on “TV Episodes”
Scroll down to “Season 1?
Click on “Does God Make Sense?” (Full Episode)
Add to Playlist
Watch Playlist
Give brief responses to five questions. Your responses can be typewritten or handwritten (preferably typewritten). I will collect the quizzes in class. It will be due on Thursday (10/16).
Richard Swinburne (Christian):
1. Give a brief account of Swinburne’s justification for the following claim: “No one created God.”
2. Based on Swinburne’s response to Kuhn, what is the difference between divine personhood and human personhood?
Alvin Plantinga (Christian):
3. Give a brief account of Plantinga’s justification for the following claim: “There is no need for arguments for God’s existence.”
Daniel Dennett (Atheist):
4. Give a brief account of one of Dennett’s examples of affirmative arguments for atheism.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Muslim):
5. Give a brief account of Nasr’s claims about the Islamic view of God.
Varadaraja V. Raman (Hindu):
6. What really matters in the Hindu perspective on God: the experience of God or the belief in God?
Huston Smith (Inter-Religious Pluralist):
7. What is the value of believing in God’s existence?
Michael Shermer (Atheist):
8. What is the difference between strong atheism and weak atheism?
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Please watch the episode and answer 5 of these 8 questions.