Brain Teasers To wake up your brains – In your head puzzle out the puzzle As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?

Philosophy of Religion

What is it about?  Many religions in today’s society make claims, such as: There is a God and that… There is a God and that… God made the universe God made the universe  But, Philosophy of Religion helps us QUESTION these claims. So, we ask… What EVIDENCE is there to back up these claims? What EVIDENCE is there to back up these claims? Is this evidence convincing? Is this evidence convincing?

What ideas did you discover last lesson?

Cosmological Argument 5/9/14

Cosmological Argument Objectives  To recognise that there is a debate about the existence of God.  To understand that there are various points for and against this argument.  To be able to discuss the different points that prove and disprove God’s existence.

Who created you ?

Who created the universe?

So, what is the cosmological argument?

Cosmological Argument  Key Points… Something must have set the world in motion. Something must have set the world in motion. Something makes the sun and moon rise everyday. Something makes the sun and moon rise everyday. Something has created the universe and billions of galaxies. Something has created the universe and billions of galaxies. That SOMETHING= God. That SOMETHING= God.

What makes the FIRST domino fall?

The Domino Analogy  Write a few sentences explaining the domino analogy;  Analogy?  When you suggest something is like something. For example, a street light is like a star. Both provide light at night time.  Key points The first domino will NOT fall on its own. The first domino will NOT fall on its own. SOMETHING has to start the chain reaction. SOMETHING has to start the chain reaction. What is that something? What is that something?

Key Terms  Synthetic  The truth value of a statement can only be determined by relying upon observation and experience.  Posterori  Knowledge dependent on experience  Inductive  Probable or general ideas from facts or statements

Classical Background Plato ( BCE) – What is BCE? ‘Shall we say then that it is the soul which controls heaven and earth’ Laws Distinguishes between Primary and Secondary movers Primary - things that had the power to move or change both themselves and others Secondary – can only move and change others once they themselves have been moved. All Matter is a Secondary Mover

Classical Background Aristotle BCE ‘The series must start with something, since nothing can come from nothing’ Metaphysics Ex nihilo nihil fit Actual infinites are not a possibility. The universe is in motion with one thing causing another. It is not possible for this to have always been. There has to have been a First Cause – something external to the universe. A spiritual energy that does not push but rather inspires