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Ndugu KOmeo la Chuma,
Acha porojo. Kuna njia tatu za kuthibitisha mtazamo. Kurudia rudia jambo mara nyingi ili watu wachoke na kuamini kwamba huenda ni kweli. Kulisema jambo kwa sauti kubwa ya kutisha ili watu wakubali kwa sababu ya hofu. Na kuongea kwa upoke na kuwasilisha ushahidi mezani. Njia ya tatu ndio wanatumia wanafalsafa na wanasayansi.
Hivyo, kama wenzako "waliamua kudandia hoja ambayo hawana uwezo nayo" na "kifalsafa ni wepesi na weupe sana" wewe unapaswa kuthibitisha mtazamo wako kwa ushahidi. Unapaswa kuleta hoja (affirmative argument) uliyo nayo ili kuwanyamazisha. Acha kupayuka. Achana na matusi.
Na tayari hoja zipo, sema tu wewe unatapatapa. Mfano, kuna hoja kamili za mjadala huu na rejea zake mahali hapa :
Atheists, leo mtajua hamjui. Jibuni haya maswali—mkishindwa, msilete tena hapa nyuzi za kuhoji uwepo wa Mungu. Tazama mchango na. 3.
Usuli wa bandiko hili unasomeka hivi:
A. ABSTRACT
This contribution summarizes the arguments for and against the claim that a Theistic God Exists in the extra-mental world.
Rational theistic arguments in support are identified and organized syllogistically.
Then, rational atheistic arguments in opposition are identified and organized syllogistically.
Next, a synthesis is made, with a conclusion that neither side provides conclusive arguments.
It is further observed that debates about the validity of God Hypothesis have been with us for more than 5,000 years now and may continue unconcluded until the end of the world.
As a result, secularism, which is defined in terms of a wall of separation between state and religions, so as to achieve two goals.
One, to prevent the practice of doing party politics through the instrumentality of sectarian religions, hence violating the principle of national unity.
And two, banning the practice of doing religion through the instrumentality of state established religion, hence violating the principle of inter-religious equality.
Thus, secularism is proposed as a feasible state policy option in so far as religions-and-state relations are concerned.
Generally, this contribution is organized into the following condensed outline:
- I. Abstract,
- II. Introduction,
- III. Grounds for the god hypothesis: Rational theistic arguments,
- IV. Grounds for the no-god hypothesis: Rational atheistic arguments,
- V. State policy implications: Possible religion-state relation models, and
- VI. References.
Specifically, the expanded version of this content outline is as follows:
I. ABSTRACT
II. INTRODUCTION
- Conceptual Framework
- Problem re-statement
- Relevance of debating the God Hypothesis
- Methodology and parameters of the problem
- Content organization
III. GROUNDS FOR THE GOD HYPOTHESIS: RATIONAL THEISTIC ARGUMENTS
- Argument from the Origin of the Universe (cosmological argument);
- Argument from objective morality;
- Argument from fine-tuning of the universe for life(teleological argument);
- Argument from consciousness;
- Argument from miracles;
- Argument from intelligent design
- Argument from contingency.
- Argument from the origin of life.
- Argument from natural laws
- Argument from rationality
- Argument from ignorance
- Argument from the fundamental laws of logic
IV. GROUNDS FOR THE NO-GOD HYPOTHESIS: RATIONAL ATHEISTIC ARGUMENTS
- Argument from evil
- Argument from the Impossibility of Divine Action
- Argument from Ignorance
- Argument from abstract entities
- Argument from the missing divine spatio-temporal address
- Argument from Perfection-Creation Incompatibility
- Argument from Immutability-Creation Incompatibility
- Argument from Immutability-Omniscience Incompatibility
- Argument from Immutability-All-Lovingness Incompatibility
- Argument from Transcendence-Omnipresence Incompatibility
- Argument from Transcendence-Personhood Incompatibility
- Argument from Omnipresence-Personhood Incompatibility
- Argument from Omniscience-Freedom Incompatibility
- Argument from Justice-Mercy Incompatibility
V. THEISTIC REBUTTALS TO NATURALISTIC OBJECTIONS
VI. STATE POLICY INDLICATIONS: POSSIBLE RELIGION-STATE RELATION MODELS
- Official state religion model
- Selective religion-state cooperation model
- The religion-state separation model
- Religion in constitution-making processes
- Religion and political parties
- Religion and human rights
- Constitutions and religion in Africa
- Stock-taking on god-state cooperation models: A case for secularism