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Philosophy analysis
On basis of the Videos folder provided the analysis will be based Prof. Lennox's
philosophical content in a debate he engaged with Prof. Dawkins about the existence of God.
The topic of this debate originated from Dawkins's bestselling book The God Delusion and their
validity over and against the Christian faith. While developing this paper, I chose to listen to
Prof. Lennox's argument due to his philosophical debate. His argument is about the existence of
God, which is a matter which we can analyze (Lennox 4). The analysis will be done by the
application of cosmological and ontological theories.
The cosmological argument applies alleged facts regarding the universe towards the
existence of God. The theory uses facts such as; individuals, events, and the world itself is
contingent. On the other hand, ontological arguments use analysis and conclusions other than the
basic use of existing evidence to support the existence of God (Firth, 60). There are various
strengths in Prof. Lennox's argument. Lennox answers to Prof. Dawkins on "all people sharing
the relevance for the beauty of the universe," applying philosophical content. Dawkins went
ahead to say that this can be explained well by the use of science. Also, he said that" religious
explanation is outdated and suspended." Prof. Lennox answered this with a lot of philosophical
content, saying that "God's existence far from being a deception is real." He went ahead to
support this by asking "in both Christianity and Atheism, which was a delusion?" The

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