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Gaunilo's Lost Island thought experiment shows that if Anselm's line of reasoning is correct, then

A) you could prove that the greatest anything exists.
B) God is evil.
C) heaven is like an island we can never find.
D) lost souls stay behind on earth.

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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The ancient Greeks, who believed in 12 gods, were

A) agnostics.
B) polytheists.
C) monotheists.
D) atheists.
E) pantheists.
F) deists.

G) All of the above
H) E) and F)

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What is Pascal's wager? Does it provide a good reason for believing in God? Why or why not?

Which of the following best describes the concept of God at work in Descartes' ontological argument?

What is the traditional cosmological argument for the existence of God? Is it sound? Why or why not?

The ontological argument gets its name from its attempt to prove that the existence of God is implied by the concept of God.

Rowe's Fawn thought experiment is intended to show that

What is the argument from miracles for the existence of God? Is it sound? Why or why not?

What is the ideal humanity defense of evil? Is it successful? Why or why not?

According to John Stuart Mill, any evidence for design is evidence against the view that God is

Kierkegaard's "leap of faith" is based on the assumption that religious commitment is justified only if it is consistent with our other beliefs.

According to the cosmological argument for the existence of God, because nothing can cause itself, and the string of causes cannot stretch infinitely backwards in time, there must be a first cause, namely, God.

One consequence of the Hick's soul-building defense is that it is wrong to eliminate evil.

Descartes' ontological argument assumes that since it is better to exist than not to exist, God exists.

According to Anselm's ontological argument, if God is the greatest conceivable being, and if it is greater for God to exist in reality and in our minds than solely in our minds, then God must exist in reality.

The Kalam cosmological argument originated from

The Invisible Gardener thought experiment is intended to show that the assertion that God exists is a rational claim that can be falsified.

The teleological argument excludes the possibility of polytheism.

According to the argument from mystical experience for the existence of God, the best explanation for mystical experiences is that God caused them.

If the argument from miracles is correct, then it establishes that God is