Works of Scholars -Unit 5.2 The Comparison between a Critic of Religion and a believer

Key Words  - 

• Contingency

• Necessity

• Religious Experience

Key Scholars

Rev. Frederick Copleston

Bertrand Russell

Key Texts

Context

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Tr

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Na

Strengths

Th

Weaknesses

Nat.

Key arguments/debates Mill

• Some philosophers

Key Quotes

• Some philosophers

Possible Exam Questions

Section A

1. Examine key ideas that support atheism and agnosticism.

2. Assess the view that alternative explanations are more convincing that religious interpretations of the world.

Section B

3a Clarify the ideas illustrated in this passage about the argument from contingency.

3b Analyse the implications for the existence og God from this passage

Section C

4 Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of religious belief..