Category: Faith and reason

Introduction to Faith and Reason Assignment
(DBT 1104 – May 2024 Intake – Group B)
(Answer parts a, b, c, d and e of the following question)
Michael is a BSc student, raised as a Christian, well formed in the faith with generally good
moral habits (prayer, sacraments). From the time he was a teenager he has enjoyed using
technology and over time has become expert in a few aspects of communications
technology. He is connected all the time, checks different places like Twitter (X), Facebook
and other social media networks.
Years ago, a classmate introduced him to a variety of sites on the internet. Visiting those
sites led to discovery of information that attacks him Christian faith and propose to him
the idea of becoming a full-time atheist.
In your recent conversation with Michael, your friend, he told you that he doesn’t believe
in the existence of God anymore. He thinks that all of it is something made up by the
different religions to keep people going to their churches, mosques, temples etc.
You have just completed you course in “Introduction to Faith and Reason” and you have
now learnt that:
a) The existence of God can be proved by reason.
b) this truth is also an object of faith for God has revealed himself to his creation….
It is your occasion to prove to your friend Michael that the existence of God can be known
through reason…. (remember that he will not accept any arguments from faith)
a) Take him through the Ontological argument of St. Anselm
Make sure he can be convinced by your explanation. Marks will be awarded for creativity
and not for a textbook answer; remember that you are advising someone…
(5 mks)
b) Take him through any two of the 5 ways of St. Thomas.
Make sure he can be convinced by your explanations. Marks will be awarded for
creativity and not for a textbook answer; remember that you are advising someone…
(10mks)
c) Use the Kalam Cosmological argument to prove to Michael the existence of God
you’ll find a video about it in:
Week 3 of our course
Week 3g where you have downloaded this assignment from on the e-learning
portal).
In Google classroom where you downloaded this assignment
Make sure he can be convinced by your explanations. Marks will be awarded for
creativity and not for a textbook answer; remember that you are advising someone…
(6mks)
d) Use the second Tiktok video of the girl explaining that the universe has a cause to
convince Michael that God exists.
you’ll find a video about it in:
Week 3 of our course
Week 3g where you have downloaded this assignment from on the e-learning
portal).
In Google classroom where you downloaded this assignment
Make sure he can be convinced by your explanations. Marks will be awarded for
creativity and not for a textbook answer; remember that you are advising someone…
(7mks)
e) Professor John Lennox uses Mathematical and scientific arguments to prove the
existence of God in this video

Draw 2 ideas from it to prove to Michael that God exists?
Make sure he can be convinced by your explanations. Marks will be awarded for
creativity and not for a textbook answer; remember that you are advising someone…
(2 mks)
(Total 30 mks)