INSTRUCTIONS
Identify the premises and conclusions in the following passages. Some premises do support the conclusion; others do not. Note that premises may support conclusions directly or indirectly and that even simple passages may contain more than one argument.
14. Omniscience and omnipotence are mutually incompatible. If God is omniscient, he must already know how he is going to intervene to change the course of history using his omnipotence. But that means he can’t change his mind about his intervention, which means he is not omnipotent
—Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006)
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Conclusion:
15. Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God
Premise:
Conclusion:
14. Omniscience and omnipotence are mutually incompatible. If God is omniscient, he must already know how he is going to intervene to change the course of history using his omnipotence. But that means he can’t change his mind about his intervention, which means he is not omnipotent
—Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006).
Premise: Omniscience and omnipotence are mutually incompatible.
Conclusion: Means he can’t change his mind about his intervention, which means he is not omnipotent.
15. Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God
Premise:Reason is the greatest enemy that faith
Conclusion: more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God
INSTRUCTIONS Identify the premises and conclusions in the following passages. Some premises do support the conclusion; others do not. Note that premises may support conclusions directly or indirectly...