Paper

Questions:

4.1:

1- What do you think is the strongest argument for the existence of God? What do you think is the weakest argument for the existence of God? Had you heard of these arguments before this unit, or is this your first time encountering them?

4.2:

2- In your own words, please articulate as you best can, what the problem of evil is. Please include examples and distinguish between the different kinds of arguments from evil. 

3- How persuasive do you find the problem of evil? Why or why not?

4.3:

4- Pick one of the arguments and pursue as far as you can the responses and objections to this argument. You can pick from any of the authors who we read, or any of the arguments mentioned in our textbook.

Instructions:

You will write a paper in which you pick one of the questions above and answer it in an essay format using the solutions that we discussed.

Your answer needs to include at least one possible objection as well as your reply to it.

Focus completely on answering the question

Choose one of the questions and talk about the topic that the question is asking about.

Formatting Details:

2 pages (about 500 words) 12-point font. Please use a professional font, such as Times, Arial, or Cambria. 1 inch margins. Please use proper citations. You may use APA or Chicago style, so long as you are consistent throughout.

Helpful Readings :

4.1

· Solomon & Higgins. Chapter 3: “God” (pp. 65-104)

4.2

· Draper, Paul (1989). “Pain and Pleasure: An Evidential Problem for Theists,”Links to an external site. Noûs, 23: 331–350; reprinted in Howard-Snyder (ed.), The Evidential Argument from Evil, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996, pp. 12–29.                      

· Stump, Eleonore (2010). "Suffering, Theodicy, and DefenseLinks to an external site." from Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering. Oxford University Press. 

4.3

· Walton, Kendall. “Fearing FictionLinks to an external site.”

· Novitz, David. “Fiction, Imagination, and Emotion

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