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Mccloskey Arguments Against Atheism

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McCloskey claims atheism is more comforting than theism. In a world without God life could be devastating, we would be doomed to death. God is the hope for mankind for love and immortality, if God didn’t exist mankind would not exist. There would be no significance to one’s life to become inspired to do great things. There could be a moral standard to prevent mass genocide, war and taking of lives if God did not exist in world. If we die one’s life can end at the grave with no afterlife. Clearly having a World without God is not a world I would like to live in. Man cannot have life without meaning or purpose. McCloskey argument is fair and reasonable, he does raise concerns most people may. How can a divine God allow evil in the world? We will

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