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Is Blaise Pascal's approach to "curing unbelief" in the proposition that God exists philosophically sound?
Hence it comes that, if there are as many risks on one side as on the
other, the course is to play even; and then the certainty of the stake
is equal to the uncertainty of the gain, so far is it from ...
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How can God gives us free will and yet be the creator and originator of everything at the same time? [closed]
Religious people say we have free will in that god has the knowledge of whatever will happen but he doesn't cause our actions, we have a choice. I did an act of sin out of my own choice; god was only ...
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Can belief in God be grounded in (and justified by) personal experience rather than philosophical argumentation?
Attempts at legitimizing belief in God through reasoned philosophical argumentation abound in the fields of natural theology and apologetics. This is particularly evident in formal debates and ...
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Does theism postulate an overly complicated and unnecessary extra step?
One presentation of this argument is put forward by Carl Sagan:
"If the general picture, however, of a Big Bang followed by an expanding universe is correct - what happened before that? Was the ...
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Are there published rebuttals of Patrick Flynn's recent book "The Best Argument for God"?
The Best Argument for God, by Patrick Flynn, was recently published on October 17th, 2023. With only 21 votes on Amazon so far, it has garnered an average rating of 4.9 (as of March 25th, 2024). Does ...
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Can Reformed Epistemology be considered a special variant of mysticism?
First, some definitions (feel free to skip this part if you are already familiar with the concepts):
Reformed Epistemology
In the philosophy of religion, Reformed epistemology is a school of ...
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Is there a stalemate between Skeptical Theism and The Evidential Problem of Evil?
Skeptical Theism:
Skeptical theism is the view that God exists but that we should be skeptical of our ability to discern God’s reasons for acting or refraining from acting in any particular instance. ...
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Does the Problem of Evil address God's existence or his character?
The Problem of Evil, as most of us know, can be stated like this:
God is the all-powerful and all-benevolent creator of the universe.
Evil exists in that universe.
If God is all-powerful, and yet ...
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Can God's existence be established through reason and publicly accessible evidence?
Is it possible for an ordinary individual possessing sound cognitive faculties and access to publicly available evidence to establish the existence of a God? Is there a prevailing consensus in ...
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Is Romans 1:19-20 philosophically sound?
Romans 1:18-25 ESV
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about ...
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What exactly would count as a "positively meaningful and reciprocal conscious relationship" between a person and a God?
I would like to start by quoting this answer's summary of the divine hiddenness argument:
This is the crux of the atheistic Argument from Divine
Hiddenness:
(1) Necessarily, if God exists, then God ...
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Is Andalusi/Rasmussen's proof for the existence of God correct?
Summary of his argument:
Every limited thing's existence has a cause.
The universe is limited.
Therefore, the universe's existence must have a cause.
Now, naturally, the question arises: what caused ...
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Does Actus Purus (pure act) necessitate that God is his attributes / God has no real attributes
If Actus Purus is true, does this mean that God is his attributes (his essence is identical to his attributes) or that God has no real attributes (simply virtually predications of the one essence). If ...
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How sound is the Avicennian argument from Contingency?
There are numerous variations of the argument from contingency that that are postulated in apologetics and philosophical speculation, however I stumbled upon an argument that is ascribed to my ...
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Before claiming prophethood,X was famous for being truthful among his people,so that is one of the proof that he is a prophet?
some people who believe in the prophethood and divine inspiration of specific individuals ,use this argument,as one of the arguments,that proves that their believe in such individuals is legitimate
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