Self; no self. Mind, soul, spirit. Personhood; personal identity; agency; free will. Predestination. Karma. Obligations; worship; sacrifice.What is the human person? Are we a...
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The world certainly appears to be designed. Are appearances deceiving? Discover new twists to this old argument.
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To argue from teleology is to claim that the cosmos has a purpose. Is there directionality in the unfolding of the cosmos? Teleology has been a dirty word in science and...
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How to think about God rationally, logically, profoundly, critically? Have no illusion that metaphysics can find God, but can a kind of progress be made?
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Metaphysics is the deepest probe of reality. It is the branch of philosophy that discerns the most general features of the world. When focused on God, metaphysics seeks...
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To assess whether God exists, we must ask what kind of God is supposed to exist? But can humans probe God? Can we inquire into God’s essence and nature? Is God at all...
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Arguments for God, and against God, each call the universe as witness and each submits the universe as evidence. Believers invoke our universe’s fine-tuning. Deniers...
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The more I want God to exist, the more I must question proofs of God’s existence. “Bad arguments for God” scare me. Maybe all the “God...
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Is this a joke? Our world, with its vast evils, the ‘best possible world’? It seems absurd. Yet some do claim that ultimately our world will be the best possible...
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