In the article On Being an Atheist by HJ McCloskey, he argues against two philological design arguments: the cosmological argument and the teleological argument. He also discusses his views on the faith of theists, the existence of evil, and free will. McCloskey states in his article that theists' views of atheists are wrong. This statement I found out was true after reading his entire article. My previous opinion was that atheists didn't care about following rules or being moral. I also believed they were bad people. Now I understand that an atheist can be a good person who wants the world to be good. Furthermore, I see what their true thoughts are about the existence of evil and God. In this article I will respond to his arguments against the two philological design arguments and the claims he makes about faith, the existence of evil, and free will. McCloskey states in the second paragraph of his article that “evidence.” His main point is that if God created the universe, he must have been malevolent, because of the evil in the world (McCloskey 1968). This is a statement made by McCloskey several times in his article. This makes me believe that the biggest problem he has with theism is the belief that God exists as well as evil and that God allows that evil. McCloskey states that for there to be proof of God's existence, there must be indisputable examples of design and purpose. He adds that none of these examples exist (McCloskey 1968). He is right that there are no physical, concrete examples of God. However, Evans and Manis's view holds that a necessary being is necessary. This is the only kind of argument for the existence of God. So, even if McCloskey is right that theists lack indisputable examples of design and purpose, many philosophers support the idea that there is a necessity