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Hidden healer: Farewell to reformed ‘tamed’ theism
In die Skriflig, 2023 This research focuses, firstly, on a farewell from a certain manifestation of traditional, reformed ‘tamed’ theism (that is in this case, theism which neglects or represses the authentic biblical insight into the triune God, who reveals himself in ...
Petrus P. Kruger
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The Paradox of the Idea of Intuitive Theism and the Fact of Numerous Atheists; A Research in the Cognitive Sciences of Religion [PDF]
پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2021 In the cognitive science of religion, some, after conducting or examining experiments, believe that all human beings are "intuitive theists" or "Born Believers" and believe in "natural Religion." According to these thinkers, our three basic cognitive ...
Naeimeh Pourmohammadi +1 more
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OPEN THEISM AND RISK MANAGEMENT: A PHILOSOPHICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE [PDF]
Zygon, 2021 Open theism denies that God has definite exhaustive foreknowledge, and affirms that God takes certain risks when creating the universe. Critics of open theism often complain that the risks are too high.
R. T. Mullins, Emanuela Sani
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Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2017 ABSTRACTThe divine attributes of omniscience and omnipotence have faced objections to their very consistency. Such objections rely on reasoning parallel to semantic paradoxes such as the Liar or to set-theoretic paradoxes like Russell's paradox. With the advent of paraconsistent logics, dialetheism—the view that some contradictions are true—became a ...
A. J. Cotnoir
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An epigrammatic analysis on open theism and its impact on classical Christianity
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013 Open theism is a theological position taken by a number of scholars and deals with human free will and its relationship to God, including the nature of the future. This brief article explores this relationship and challenges the tenets of open theism by
Mark Pretorius
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Theism, Pro-Theism, Hasker, and Gratuitous Evil [PDF]
, 2019 <p>Consider this claim:</p> <p>(1) If God exists, no gratuitous evil occurs.</p> <p>This claim enjoys widespread assent in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion. It could be harnessed into an argument for <em>pro-theism</em>: it certainly looks like a reason for thinking that God’s existence would make ...
Klaas J. Kraay
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Opaque Theism and Divine Testimony
TheoLogicaA much-discussed objection to skeptical theism is that skeptical theism implies that divine testimony cannot provide us with knowledge. Here I argue that it is not skeptical theism that raises doubts about the trustworthiness of divine testimony; rather,
Erik Wielenberg
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An Evaluation of Skeptical Theism
Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2013 One of the most influential and frequently addressed responses to the evidential argument from Evil and divine hiddenness is advocated by so called skeptical theists, who claim that we are cognitively ill-equipped to know Gods reasons for permitting ...
Francis Jonsson
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Why Open Theism Is Natural and Classical Theism Is Not
Religions, 2021 The cognitive science of religion (CSR) indicates that belief in supernatural agents, or “gods”, is underpinned by maturationally natural cognitive biases and systems (Natural Religion). It is unclear, however, whether theism is natural.
Lari Launonen, R. T. Mullins
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