Now, it is logically impossible for there to exist nothing but contingent beings. As the great Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) noted back in the 13 th century, whatever depends upon another for its ...

One might think a book about five proofs for the existence of God would be hopelessly opaque and difficult to read. In the case of this book, at least, the reader would be delightfully mistaken.

(The Conversation) While the number of Americans who believe in God diminishes, the rational probabilities for the existence of a supernatural God have risen, writes Robert H. Nelson. (The ...

Perhaps the most important question in the world is whether or not God exists. But most people, raised and trained well in the intellectual (or anti-intellectual) environment of our culture, when ...

In my intro to philosophy class, I teach arguments for the existence of God. Suggested Reading Why Bill Bellamy’s Latest Message to Black Women Has the Internet Heated Hilton Head’s Gullah Geechee ...

Our first concern will be Richard Dawkins’s efforts to refute standard arguments for theism. These efforts suffer from a variety of logical mistakes. His critique of the cosmological argument confuses ...

I wonder if you’ll find this as fascinating as I do: a smart atheist has a conversation with ChatGPT over one of the major arguments for God’s existence, with the conclusion being ChatGPT saying it’s ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Speaker 1: From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Free ...

Philosophy can be defined in many ways. What is integral to the definitions is that philosophy employs arguments, rather than say an appeal to religious revelation. One can create arguments for ...

Encyclopedia Britannica describes God as "... supreme supernatural or preternatural being that is the creator or sustainer or ruler of the universe and all things in it, including human beings ..." It ...