Reading One: Pojman/Vaughn, Is belief in God rationally Justified?

Question One: What is the Cosmological argument? What is an objection to the argument? Do you think that the argument is persuasive? Why/why not?

Question Two: What is the Teleological argument? What is an objection to the argument? Do you think that the argument is persuasive? Why/why not?

Question Three: Does it make any difference whether the existence of God is supported by evidence?

Reading Three: Swinburne, Why God Allows Evil

Question Four: List possible explanations that are sometimes taken to account for the suffering and death of an innocent child in a universe created by God.

Question Five: What does Ivan mean when he says to Alyosha "I hasten to give back my ticket?"

Question Six: Swinburne claims that in order for humans to have the power to choose good things, we must also have the power to choose evil things. And a world where humans can make such choices is better than a world where God “forces” us to do the right thing. Do you agree with him?