The Pros And Cons Of Naturalism, Creationism And Existentialism

Christian theologian William Lane Craig argues that without the existence God, a person’s life is devoid of meaning, purpose, and value. He claims that since God provides these, he allows humans to lead a satisfying and productive existence. Craig also states that without God, we are without guidance, meaningless, and in despair. In disagreement with atheist philosophers, Craig concludes that it is impossible to live a fufilling life without God. In this paper, I will examine each argument, and provide insight related to the strengths and weaknesses of his claims.

Biological psychology deals with studying the mechanisms of the brain and nervous system from the standpoint of how they evolved and effect our behaviors. Naturalist believe that over time as we evolved we adapted to our current environment. An example of a Naturalist’s way of thinking would include the idea that a certain aspect of a species evolved over millions of years because it adapted itself for the survival of the species. A Naturalist’s view leaves no room for the possibility that God devised the whole universe and made everything as He saw fit. Instead the belief revolves around the idea that natural causes are sufficient to explain everything that exists in the

You got your green eyes from your mother, and your freckles from your father but where did you get your thrill-seeking personality and talent for singing? Did you learn these from your parents or was it predetermined by your genes? While it's clear that physical characteristics are hereditary, the genetic waters get a bit more murky when it comes to an individual's (Powell, K., 2006 March 15).

“Life has no meaning … It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.” This is an existentialist quote by Jean-Paul Sartre which helps to explain the beliefs of one who follows this philosophy. Existentialism is a complex philosophy emphasizing the absurdity of reality and the human responsibility to make choices and accept consequences. This philosophy was created during the second world war, when Europe found itself in a crisis of death and destruction. If one follows this philosophy then they believe that they have the power to determine the outcome of their life. There are six pillars of existentialism. First is existence precedes essences which implies that the human being has no essence or

Just like natural selection can be strong and occur, it can also get weaker and less visible. It replaces it with a useful tool from natural selection, accessing another part in their genes we didn’t know about. So, natural selection can be both good and bad. I like this part the most because it’s new and interesting. This article relates to what we have previously learned in class, such as the textbook (pg. 229-231 textbook) it asserts the definition of natural selection and the types of how they use natural selection in their environment. Some examples of this hinted in the article are selection, genes, and environmental factors. Selection is the inheritance of survival, genes create variation, and geographic barriers is explained in the

Imagine what would happen if we lived in a world where water was kept 8 feet off the ground and there was absolutely no way you could get it if you weren’t tall enough. Most likely, the short people would die off. The taller ones would multiply, and before long, instead of a population of people of all sizes, you would have a population of only tall people. Living things that are best suited, or adapted, to their environment survive and multiply. Those that are not, are unable to survive. This process is known as natural selection, which explains how Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution can occur.

To begin, human nature is claimed as a set of characteristics given to all humans, it is therefore declared essentially historical to the extent of being unchangeable. However, human development is something that is true to an individual and unique to solely himself through their decisions. It is in our human nature to be vulnerable to imperfection, such as nefarious actions. The philosophy of existentialism states that we are the creators of our own nature. Therefore, with our nature consisting of doing wrong to others, our nature allows for us to draw conjectures of why we do such horrific actions, even to the extent of the most dreadful injustices.

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Given the fact that the nature of the warring personalities are significantly different, the clashing of ideas with regard to the theory were inevitable. Charles Darwin’s claim was that organisms went through several processes that made them what they are now or the principle of natural selection, whereas, William Paley’s argument is that organisms were created as they were by one “creator” which is God. The former’s claim is more inclined to the principle of evolution while the latter’s argument mainly centers on “natural theology” and the “designer

Life is a very precious thing to have. Every person begins his or her life new, innocent, and curious. As people grow up, they gain a lot of experiences and knowledge, which may or may not be useful to them when they reach early adulthood and start living in the “real world.” Whether it be good or bad, these experiences help tell the story, more specifically the life, of an individual. At one point in every person’s life, there comes a time for reminiscence of these experiences, but why do we have these experiences in the first place? Why do we exist? Does it have any meaning or purpose? The movie Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life attempts to answer these questions and express these meanings and purposes of life by touching mainly on two

The evolutionism-reationism debate has been going on for centuries among christians and scientists. However, creationism is said to have more logical proof of their points being the strongest.

The argument Jean-Paul Sartre, a French philosopher, presents on existentialism helps to prove the foundation which is “existence precedes essence”. Existentialism is normally understood as an ideology that involves evaluating existence itself and the way humans find themselves existing currently in the world. For the phrase existence precedes essence, existence’s etymology is exsistere or to stand out while the term Essence means “being” or “to be” therefore the fundamental of existentialism, literally means to stand out comes before being. This can be taken into many different ideas such as individuals having to take responsibility for their own actions and that in Sartre’s case the individual is the sole judge of his or her own actions. According to him, “men is condemned to be free,” therefore “the destiny of man is placed within himself.” This ideology revolves around an individual’s personal concern, commitment, and how unique they are.

I remember when I was little girl and I would always ask myself what the meaning of life is and is they’re really a god. But I was never able to answer my own questions until now. I was born and raised in a Christian household and we was taught never to ask questions of that of nature or doubt our faith. The world is the way it is because that is how god made it. I’m quite religious, so I tend to find meaning in life through service and allegiance to god. We all have our personal thoughts and view of philosophy of life.

The Anthropic principle is one attempt to give an account of the regularity in nature through its argument for the compatibility of the universe with conscious life. In general, it suggests that the earth is fine tuned to allow life to emerge. However, this proposition has faced a lot of challenges both from science and religion. The principle has tried to give a rational account that would appeal to scientific understanding yet it has been rejected by science, which has dismissed its proposition and its evidence as subjective and prejudicial. A section of theists would also deny any relation to this theory because of its closer connection to the big bang theory.

I believe people over think this question too much, I mean I get it, the question itself is vague and arises other questions. Even the word "meaning ", makes you think. But if we mean "the purpose of life. Then to me it 's not complex at all. The meaning of life is whatever we choose it to be. We are in control of given our life meaning, it 's all a matter of perspective. If you decided you want to live your life a certain way and that way makes you happy, then you 're given your life meaning. The meaning of life to me is just to live a healthy, happy, honest lifestyle. A life I can look back at and feel proud of. I love being someone people can look up to, so I work really hard to make myself and others happy. I take much pride in being a good daughter, sister, and friend. I do things that I know deep down inside gives my life purpose, and a few of those things are caring for people, inspiring, learning and helping animals. The meaning of life is complex and a touchy subject for many but to me the simple answer is simply this: the meaning of life is