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The Eternal Relations of Origin, Causality, and Implications for Models of God
Religions, 2023 The classical doctrine of the eternal relations or origin (ERO) claims that these relations are (1) atemporal and (2) causal. In this paper, I investigate the casual nature of the ERO, highlighting that the patristic and medieval Christian thinkers who ...
Andrew Hollingsworth
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The Problem of Arbitrary Creation for Impassibility
Open Theology, 2020 There is a particular question that has plagued classical Christian theism over the centuries. What reason could God have for creating a universe? In this article, I shall articulate the unique claims of classical theism that other rival models of God ...
Mullins R. T.
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Manuscrito, 2021 According to The Evidentialist problem of Evil, the existence of disproportionate, prima facie gratuitous evil and suffering in the world is enough evidence against the existence of the Omnipotent, Perfectly Loving, Omniscient God of Classical Theism.
NICOLA SALVATORE
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SKETCH FOR A FORMAL NATURAL THEOLOGY: EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS OF GOD
Manuscrito, 2021 In this paper, I present a proposal for a Formal Natural Theology. The approach employed for this task is through a first-order theory, in which fundamental concepts such as divine, necessary, and supreme beings, are formally introduced, which allow ...
FÁBIO M. BERTATO
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Divine Hiddenness and Christian Theism: A Biblical Theodicy
Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2023 This article offers a Christian response to J.L. Schellenberg’s argument for atheism from divine hiddenness. Utilizing the unique theological features of the Christian tradition, I aim to show that Schellenberg’s argument does not undermine belief in ...
Price Randall J.
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Hume, Causation and Two Arguments Concerning God [PDF]
, 2014 In Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Hume (1779/1993) appeals to his account of causation (among other things) to undermine certain arguments for the existence of God.
Megill, Jason
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Simulation Hypothesis and Theism: An Assessment in the Context of Multiverse
Eskiyeni, 2023 Today, when plots, buildings and items in virtual universes are put up for sale, the question of whether the universes inhabited by real individuals can be produced is being debated.
Aykut Alper Yılmaz
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Classical and revisionary theism on the divine as personal: a rapprochement? [PDF]
, 2015 To claim that the divine is a person or personal is, according to Richard Swinburne, ‘the most elementary claim of theism’ (1993, 101). I argue that, whether the classical theist’s concept of the divine as a person or personal is construed as an analogy ...
A Flew +45 more
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Philosophical Theology and Indian Versions of Theodicy [PDF]
, 2010 Comparative philosophical studies can seek to fit some Eastern patterns of thought into the general philosophical framework, or, on the contrary, to improve understanding of Western ones through the view "from abroad". I try to hit both marks by means of
Shokhin, Vladimir K.
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Post-theïsme of een andere vorm van theïsme?
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 This article examines whether classical theism is at its complete end. In light of current discussions about post-theism in a post-secular age, the question is about the possible search for a new understanding of the idea of God which is compatible with ...
Gijsbert D.J. Dingemans
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