Week 16, Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-Church History
Lessons: Atheism Week 16, May 5th-9th Unit: Other Belief Systems
Objectives:
1. Students will evaluate the arguments in favor and against theism and atheism by evaluating arguments in the textbook and analyzing the debates given by Dennett, Hutchins, Dawkins, and D’Souza.
2. Students will answer objections to atheism.
3. Students will read and reflect upon biblical arguments for God’s existence.
4. Students will list the fundamental principles and logic of the moralistic relativism.
5. Students will learn some basic arguments or responses to common relativistic approaches to absolute morality.

Monday
1. Finish Debate-Hitchens v D’Souza

Tuesday
1. Lesson 5-Dawkins and the Implications of Atheism.
2. Homework-write a two to three sentence response to each of three of Dawkins objections to Christianity.

Wednesday
1. Handout – God’s Existence
2. God’s existence and the Bible-Acts 14:14-18; Acts 17:24-31; Rom. 1:18-28

Thursday
1. Lesson 8, Relativism

Friday
1. Lesson 9, Relativism