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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810245003321

Autore

Pasquini John J.

Titolo

On God's existence : traditional and new arguments / / John J. Pasquini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Hamilton Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-7618-6766-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Disciplina

212.1

Soggetti

God - Proof

Dieu - Existence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Praise for John J. Pasquini; Introduction; 1 Aquinas' Arguments from Change and Causes (Aristotelian Influenced Arguments); 2 The Big Bang; 3 The Time Argument; 4 Origin of Life; 5 Aquinas' Argument from Existence Itself; 6 Consciousness; 7 Aquinas' Argument from Natural Law; 8 Intelligent Design; 9 Intelligent Design-The Cell's Evolution; 10 Intelligent Design-Tuned for Life; 11 Intelligent Design-Explosive Biological Jumps; 12 Either Way-The Intelligence Dilemma; 13 Argument from Providence; 14 Argument from Miracles; 15 Argument from Deficiency

16 Argument from Bonding and Self-Reflection (An Argument from Deficiency)17 Id, Ego, Superego-Argument for God (An Argument from Deficiency); 18 Stunted Psychosexual Development Argument (An Argument from Deficiency); 19 Stunted Psychosocial Development Argument (An Argument from Deficiency); 20 Argument from Comfort; 21 Filling the Emptiness; 22 C.S. Lewis' Argument from Desire (Also argued by St. Augustine and Goethe); 23 Descartes' Intuition Argument; 24 Spiritual Development-Deficient or Not; 25 Newman's Argument from Conscience; 26 Answered Prayers?; 27 Aquinas' Argument from Gradation

28 Argument from Free Will29 Leibniz's Necessary Explanation and Perfection Argument; 30 Anselm's Argument (Revised); 31 Necessary Gap Filler for a Finite Mind; 32 Augustinian Influenced Argument from the Person to God; 33 Brain in Vat Argument; Conclusion: Pascal's



Wager; Epilogue: Problem of Suffering; Notes; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Philosophy and the advances in cosmology, neurology, molecular biology, and the social sciences have made the convincing and converging arguments for God's existence more probable than ever in history.On God's Existence is concise summary of these arguments as well as new arguments inspired by the advances of the sciences.