That doesn't sound like philosophy to me. That sounds to me like something very close to religion.

I wonder what grade would be had if the paper just said, "Belief is a Motherfucker!"

Hmmm ... "Who knows where I'm going with this?"

Belief in God simply shows how early we are in our evolution. In many ways we're very advanced. But we're actually still in evolutionary adolescence, as evidenced by our ignorance, belief in fairy tales, and our ability to be manipulated en masse.

P. S. How can a believer teach a philosophy class ? Either you adopt philosophy or theology, nothing in between. Yes I know that historically the christian church especially, tried to make a compromise with certain schools of philosophy, to broaden its reach, but the end result of that, was only to discredit those schools and create science as an alternative philosophy untainted by that unhappy marriage.

In college philosophy we studied Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) and “Pascal’s Wager”, who opined that it is rational to believe in God because if you are right and God exists you go to heaven, but if you are wrong and God doesn’t exist then you have lost nothing. My response was what if God is maniacally evil and if you pray to him he sends you to hell. My open-minded teacher gave me an A. Not sure that would work with all teachers though.

Do you believe in GOD? My reply would be, as a verb or as a noun? As a noun GOD becomes a Deity, or the "Golden Calf", if you will. As a verb you are now the sole representative of your GOD, so act accordingly. Thats just my thoughts on the matter. Feel free to expound on this. May your day be filled with JOY and your Heart with LOVE.

Why this assignment it the teacher is a god believer? Maybe she wants to debate the different beliefs in the classroom using the papers as a discussion point. If so, the teacher is in the wrong profession.

It would be fun to ask the students if they believe or not and in which religion.
Then ask for a paper contradicting the initial believe, just for the sake of the argument.
During high school I did it sometimes with friends for fun.
In the end we end up elaborating very hidden fallacies and building over it layers and layers of argument until the original false premises were imperceptive XD.

Very short paper. "No good evidence." End paper.

LOL, they actually picked that for an assignment? Brain-drain!

It's hilarious how some people think that the existence of God is still a debate. "God" as a word, in the Kabbalistic sense is real, because it's a word, and it might refer to something real, but very intricate and complex. Kabbalah explains the word pretty well.

But a God that isn't physical? A mystical God(s)? Just, no lol. That is innately ridiculous and very misleading. It's a political tool, it's rooted in senselessness, and it's a rope-a-dope, which flies in the face of sound reasoning.

Wonder what she would do with a paper explaining how I don't know and I don't care.

I think you should have asked her those questions.

And all philosophy professors are jerks. That’s why they are so great!

This is a great assignment and a classic philosophy 101 assignment.
This has nothing to do with wether or not god exists. This assignment just measures her ability to prove it.
Think of it another way... have her prove if Santa Claus exists.
Ultimately it does matter what name you choose
It just matters your ability to prove
Use logic and validate the response and you will pass

I assume you are trying to say vague. Perhaps if you confront your sister with the Epicurean Paradox she will come with her own conclusion. The perfect, almighty, omnipotent and flawless being can't even get rid of evil, much less pain, how about eliminating baby deaths or pedophilia, hunger? The Epicurean Paradox is this one here:

Maybe this will help . . .

It depends at what level she is studying philosophy. If she is at University it will be up to her how she interpretes the question. So long as she stays in context and can provide solid academic references to support her arguments there shouldn’t be a problem.

I always enjoyed those exercises in college.
My instructors, not so much.
LOL