This essay provides an overview of these various types of reasons for affirming theism or atheism. The post Theism and Atheism: Reasons for Belief and Disbelief first appeared on 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology.| 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology
The book argues that modern science provides undeniable evidence and a scientific basis for these classical arguments to infer a rationally justifiable endorsement of theism as being concordant with reason and science — nature is seen as operating orderly on comprehensible, rational, consistent laws, in line with the conviction that God is Creator. Source| Books – Discovery Institute
Are We an Accident…or Not? The question of cosmic origins and our place in the grand scheme of things has been debated for millennia. Why do we exist? Why does anything exist at all? Today’s popular narrative, based on advancements in science, is that it all happened by natural, random processes. Melissa Cain Travis points to powerful evidence that the Read More ›Source| Books – Discovery Institute
I recently came across somebody who argued that the foundation of reality could not be a mind, because if it were, then this mind would have...| sed-contra-philosophy.blogspot.com
One objection to theistic arguments from design is that it seems as though God could have achieved most (if not all) of the goods of creating finite beings without bothering to make a physical world, complete with finely-tuned constants, life-permitting laws, and so on. As Neil Manson puts the objection:The problem here for proponents of the fine-tuning argument is that, if God| Jim Reilly's Philosophy Blog
Jewish apologists commonly employ what has come to be known as the "Kuzari argument," which purports to show that the Jewish people really did receive a public revelation from God at Mount Sinai. Philosopher Tyron Goldschmidt formulates the crucial principle underlying this argument like so:The Kuzari Principle: A tradition is true if it is (1) accepted by a nation; and describes (2) a national experience of a previous generation of that nation; and (3) the national experience would be expect...| Jim Reilly's Philosophy Blog
I think it's worth pointing out just how dramatic the probabilities being discussed in the fine-tuning argument really are. As John Hawthorne and Yoaav Isaacs point out:| Jim Reilly's Philosophy Blog
My paper "Two challenges for 'no-norms' theism" has been accepted for publication in Religious Studies. I will post a link on this blog when it becomes available.| Jim Reilly's Philosophy Blog
Christopher Martin provides an interpretation of the fifth way which I find rather plausible. He contends that “unconscious teleology is alw...| sed-contra-philosophy.blogspot.com
"You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You." - Saint Augustine, Confessions 1.1.1. Introduction Prag...| sed-contra-philosophy.blogspot.com
This brief (and plausibly sound) argument is inspired by Andrew Hronich's Biblical defense of universalism (the relevant portion begins aro...| sed-contra-philosophy.blogspot.com