To what kind of entity does the word “God” refer? What is this God that all worship or dismiss? What, supposedly, is God’s nature? What are God’s traits?
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Episode 06
Season 17
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If we seek God, we cannot avoid the problem of evil. Can the enormity of evil ever be compatible with an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good God? Couldn’t God have...
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The philosophy of fields applies analytical methods and tools of philosophy to areas of knowledge, from science and mathematics to law and aesthetics. What happens when...
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Could God be eternal? For God to be eternal, God would exist outside of time, would not experience time’s flow. God would have no past, present or future. As Boethius...
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I desire God to be real, so I know that the easiest person to fool is myself. That’s why I favor rational arguments for, and against, the existence of a Supreme...
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Season 09
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What would it mean for God to be more than one person? ‘Three persons in one God’ is the Christian claim, and in what sense can ‘one God consisting of three...
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What is the ultimate future? How do the major religions address “final things”—eschatology—life after death, structure of reality, transformation of the world? We...
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You’ve heard the raucous noise about God; now listen to the cogent arguments, con and pro. Not that determining the existence of God is up for vote; when searching for...
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Arguments about God, whether based on science, philosophy, theology or personal experience are always fascinating. Those arguments should push and be pushed in order to...
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Huston Smith, world religion scholar and seeker of the Divine in diverse religions, died on December 30, 2016. We had the privilege of discussing God, spirit, soul, eternal...
Episode 07
A perfect being, as defined by philosophically motivated theologians, is “that which no greater can be conceived”. What does this mean? Is this coherent? Is...
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What happens when deep questions of God are addressed by the precise methods of analytic philosophy? It’s not about “proving” the existence of God. It is about...
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