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- Natural Theology
- A loving God has created the human mind so it can rationalize God's existence
- A loving God has created the human mind so it can rationalize God's existence
- Natural Theology
- Revealed Theology
- Humans are corrupt and can only know God through direct revelations
- Humans are corrupt and can only know God through direct revelations
- Revealed Theology
- William James
- RE as a feeling - 4 Char. - Ineffability, Noetic Quality, Transiency, Passivity
- RE as a feeling - 4 Char. - Ineffability, Noetic Quality, Transiency, Passivity
- William James
- Teresa of Jesus
- Spanish saint who saw visions
- Spanish saint who saw visions
- Teresa of Jesus
- Friedrich Schleiermacher
- When religions is based on a feeling, it's safer from science
- When religions is based on a feeling, it's safer from science
- Friedrich Schleiermacher
- Emile Durkheim
- religion is social movement
- religion is social movement
- Emile Durkheim
- Michael Scrivan
- Just because you're playing, doens't mean you are winning
- Just because you're playing, doens't mean you are winning
- Michael Scrivan
- William Alston
- You must sense God to prove his existence emperically
- You must sense God to prove his existence emperically
- William Alston
- Ludwig Feuerbach
- Projection
- Projection
- Ludwig Feuerbach
- John Hick
- Ppl were created in God's image, maturing towards being like God - You can't mature without moral evil.
- God isn't logically necessary, but ontologically necessary
- John Hick
- Moses Maimonides
- via negativa
- via negativa
- Moses Maimonides
- Thomas Aquinas
- Unmoved Mover
- God can do all that is "positive absolutley"
- Thomas Aquinas
- George Mavrodes
- Can God make stone? No, contradiction in terms.
- Can God make stone? No, contradiction in terms.
- George Mavrodes
- Nelson Pike
- If God is omniscient, no free will.
- If God is omniscient, no free will.
- Nelson Pike
- Boethius
- God lives in "eternal now"
- God lives in "eternal now"
- Boethius
- Nicholas Wolterstorff
- God is eternal, everlasting
- God is eternal, everlasting
- Nicholas Wolterstorff
- The Upanishards
- Brahman-all encompassing God, the infinite divine reality behind all existence. Same as Atman - the true inner self of each person
- Brahman-all encompassing God, the infinite divine reality behind all existence. Same as Atman - the true inner self of each person
- The Upanishards
- John Cobb and David Griffin
- Processed Theology - world as social unit; God impacts world, world impacts God
- Processed Theology - world as social unit; God impacts world, world impacts God
- John Cobb and David Griffin
- Rosemary Ramford Ruether
- Embrace female qualities and lang.
- Embrace female qualities and lang.
- Rosemary Ramford Ruether
- A Priori
- Deductive, Cause>Effect
- Deductive, Cause>Effect
- A Priori
- A Posteriori
- Inductive, Effect>Cause
- Inductive, Effect>Cause
- A Posteriori
- Ontology
- study of being
- study of being
- Ontology
- Anselm
- "God necessarily exists" - Greatest Possible Being
- "God necessarily exists" - Greatest Possible Being
- Anselm
- Gaunilo
- We can't have accurate understanding of God - refuting Anselm
- We can't have accurate understanding of God - refuting Anselm
- Gaunilo
- Immanuel Kant
- Everything that exists, exists synthetically - no logically necessary being
- Everything that exists, exists synthetically - no logically necessary being
- Immanuel Kant
- Cosmology
- Argument for God's existence from the need to provide explanation for universe's existance
- Argument for God's existence from the need to provide explanation for universe's existance
- Cosmology
- Unmoved Mover
- Thomas Aquinas
- Bruce Reichenbach
- Principle of Sufficient Reason
- Principle of Sufficient Reason
- Bruce Reichenbach
- William Craig
- Kalam Cosmological Argument - Universe had beginning, must have cause - no actual infinity, can't succesively add to infinity, universe is expanding, 2nd law of thermodynamics
- Kalam Cosmological Argument - Universe had beginning, must have cause - no actual infinity, can't succesively add to infinity, universe is expanding, 2nd law of thermodynamics
- William Craig
- J.L. Mackie
- Problem of Evil - 3 truths
- Refutes cosmological
- J.L. Mackie
- Teleology
- attempts to explain means-ends order of the world
- attempts to explain means-ends order of the world
- Teleology
- William Paley
- God as Watchmaker
- God as Watchmaker
- William Paley
- David Hume
- Philo-limits to what we know about God; Cleanthes-evil doesn't truly exist; Demea-long run, cosmic scales will be balanced
- Refutes Paley - Weakness of analogy, means-end is human convention, who made watchmaker?
- David Hume
- L. Stafford Betty and Bruce Cordell
- Anthropic Teleological Form - Highly unlikely universe and humans happened by chance
- Anthropic Teleological Form - Highly unlikely universe and humans happened by chance
- L. Stafford Betty and Bruce Cordell
- Stephen Gould
- Refutes Anthropic Teleological form - reality is just as likely as anything else
- Refutes Anthropic Teleological form - reality is just as likely as anything else
- Stephen Gould
- Paul Davies
- Natrulaistic account of universe - Big Bang and cosmic bootstrap
- Natrulaistic account of universe - Big Bang and cosmic bootstrap
- Paul Davies
- Moral Argument
- Argument for God's existence based on exis. of objective moral law
- Argument for God's existence based on exis. of objective moral law
- Moral Argument
- C.S. Lewis
- Law of Human Nature - standard for human behavior
- Law of Human Nature - standard for human behavior
- C.S. Lewis
- Robert Merrihew Adams
- Divine Command Theory, Pragmatic arguments
- Divine Command Theory, Pragmatic arguments
- Robert Merrihew Adams
- Soren Kierkegaard
- God will always be beyond our understanding - faith over reason
- God will always be beyond our understanding - faith over reason
- Soren Kierkegaard
- Foydor Dostoevsky
- Even if you could end all suffering but kill one child, would you?
- Even if you could end all suffering but kill one child, would you?
- Foydor Dostoevsky
- Bertrand Russell
- The universe simply exists, God of gaps
- The universe simply exists, God of gaps
- Bertrand Russell
- Problem of Evil - 3 truths
- J.L. Mackie
- St. Augustine
- Evil is a privation
- Evil is a privation
- St. Augustine
- Philo-limits to what we know about God; Cleanthes-evil doesn't truly exist; Demea-long run, cosmic scales will be balanced
- David Hume
- Alvin Plantinga
- Free Will Defenese-humans will choose bad at some point
- Free Will Defenese-humans will choose bad at some point
- Alvin Plantinga
- John Stuart Mill
- theory from design - Creator had limits
- theory from design - Creator had limits
- John Stuart Mill
- Ppl were created in God's image, maturing towards being like God - You can't mature without moral evil.
- John Hick
- Rowe
- Evil for sake of evil that could have been prevented
- Evil for sake of evil that could have been prevented
- Rowe