Berkeley Or UCLA Philosophy

[Icarus]

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Both schools are ANALYTIC in fashion, however, Berkeley will be shoving atheistic views down your throat, so if you are a Christian, like me, go there with the realization that they will be ignorant to the truths of such arguments as the Kalam Cosmological Argument and will probably throw out there some counter argument, such as HUME or something, trying to say that the multiverse hypothesis proves that there could have been an infinite number of universes etc.

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<p>And as someone with a philosophy degree from UCLA, let me respond to this one real quick. Philosophy requires you to objectively evaluate all sorts of arguments and ideas. If your religious views are such that you cannot reasonably evaluate arguments both for and against the existence of a god because you don’t want to admit that the arguments for can be wrong or whatever, then perhaps religious studies is a better use of your time.</p>

<p>And secondly… the truths of the Kalam argument? Seriously? Where is the logical connection for the idea that the cause of the argument is what you define as “god”? As for Alvin Plantinga - he’s the guy that argues that faith in god is justifiable as rational because it is a “basic belief” or something like that right? Not exactly the strongest argument, you have to admit. </p>

<p>My point here is not to start a religious debate, but rather to point out that if you want to use philosophy to find an argument to justify your belief in a god, you won’t. All arguments for the existence of god fail miserably. Arguments against the existence of god tend to be much more defensible but ultimately fail almost as spectacularly.</p>

<p>Religious studies will stroke your theism all day long. Philosophy (if you are honest with yourself) will likely crush it.</p>