LESSON 1 ACTIVITY

Suppose no religion has ever existed. Is it ever possible for human beings to come to know moral truths?
Justify your answer. (10pts)

ANSWER HERE

- Without religion or God, it is just impossible for individuals to be moral. Faith can be quite
hazardous, and consciously implanting it into the mind of a fragile child is a grave mistake. The debate
over whether or not morality necessitates religion is both current and age-old.

LESSON 2 ACTIVITY

Suppose that you are fully convinced of a certain revelation of God, and this revelation is asking you to
deceive an innocent person. Would you follow the command? Justify your answer. (10pts)

ANSWER HERE

- No, although the God commanded you to deceive a person doesn’t mean that you will do it
because it might be a test for your faith on him just like what happened to Abraham.

LESSON 3 ACTIVITY

Suppose that there is no afterlife. Provide the most plausible explanation why Good Samaritan altruism
would still be morally commendable in a purely naturalistic world. (10pts)

ANSWER HERE

-This is the kind of altruism that is exhibited not only to strangers, but one’s enemies, as anyone
familiar with the parable of the Good Samaritan would know. From a purely secular perspective, such an
altruistic act might not only be seen as stupid, but also morally reprehensible. Such an act runs counter
against one’s self-interest. Surprising how such altruism morally inspired people and moved people to
change their lives for the better take for instance a real-life example of Christian missionaries moral
lesson have inspired countless reflections over the centuries.

LESSON 4 ACTIVITY

1. Provide a justification for the existence of conscience without using the assumptions of the
theistic/religious worldview. Justify how such secular conscience can be reliable in determining moral
truths even if reliant on purely naturalistic assumptions. (10pts)

2. Do you think religious believers have access to moral truths that are not available to nonbelievers?
Justify your answer. (10pts)

3. What makes God’s commands to atheists authoritative if atheists do not know that these commands
are from God? (10pts)

ANSWER HERE

1. Claiming that religion should not be the only ground for exemptions to the law and that this
form of protection should be in principle available for the claims of secular conscience as well.
Regime of exemptions for both religious and secular claims of conscience highlighting the
practical and moral flaws associated with it.

2. Most religious people think their morality comes from religion and deeply religious people often
wonder how atheists can have any morality at all, And if you ask them about what their religion
tells them what’s right and wrong it will likely line up with their own ideas of right and wrong.

3. God’s command do not determine morality but rather inform us about its content. He also
contended that as knowledge of God is required for morality by divine command theory atheists
and agnostics could not be moral.
 LESSON 5 ACTIVITY
1. Is religion by itself bound to make people more terrible than they really are? If yes, identify
the factors pertinent to religion why this is the case. If not, explain why there is such a
widespread bad impression of religion. (10pts)
2. Is faith really bound to be close-minded? What are the ways by which faith precludes open-
mindedness on the one hand and ways which make faith conducive to open-mindedness on the
other? (10pts)
3. Suppose there is no religion and no God. Would it be possible to ground human rights on
something purely secular? Justify your answer. (10pts)

ANSWER HERE

1. No, different people have different experiences with their religion in the reflections teenagers
share parts of their religious and from different religious traditions reflect on their experiences it
religious belief and belonging. The claim that religious belief causes evil has often been raised as
a complaint against religion by those without religious sympathies.

2. True religion encompasses a spiritual relationship with God. Through the passages of time the
religions of men have caused much evil. Possessing an open or closed mind may be associated
with a religious belief but is not that belief’s cause. True religion open’s mind to all sorts of
awareness that they hadn’t before.

3. Human rights need God because three ingredients are critical to their validity universal moral
norms, human dignity and their trump card. The capacities that are distinctively human and
particularly deserving of respect have no meaningful justification in the absence of God. They’re
biological hardwiring at work. Any notion that humans have of being unique and deserving of
respect and dignity is really a figment of their imagination.