On God&#039;s Existence

John J. Pasquini

doi:10.5771/9780761867661

Summary

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.

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Copyright year: 2016
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-6765-4
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-6766-1
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 111
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Praise for John J. Pasquini No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 2
1 Aquinas’ Arguments from Change and Causes (Aristotelian Influenced Arguments) No access Pages 3 - 5
2 The Big Bang No access Pages 6 - 7
3 The Time Argument No access Pages 8 - 8
4 Origin of Life No access Pages 9 - 10
5 Aquinas’ Argument from Existence Itself No access Pages 11 - 12
6 Consciousness No access Pages 13 - 15
7 Aquinas’ Argument from Natural Law No access Pages 16 - 16
8 Intelligent Design No access Pages 17 - 18
9 Intelligent Design—The Cell’s Evolution No access Pages 19 - 20
10 Intelligent Design—Tuned for Life No access Pages 21 - 24
11 Intelligent Design—Explosive Biological Jumps No access Pages 25 - 27
12 Either Way—The Intelligence Dilemma No access Pages 28 - 28
13 Argument from Providence No access Pages 29 - 31
14 Argument from Miracles No access Pages 32 - 37
15 Argument from Deficiency No access Pages 38 - 46
16 Argument from Bonding and Self-Reflection (An Argument from Deficiency) No access Pages 47 - 50
17 Id, Ego, Superego—Argument for God (An Argument from Deficiency) No access Pages 51 - 54
18 Stunted Psychosexual Development Argument (An Argument from Deficiency) No access Pages 55 - 58
19 Stunted Psychosocial Development Argument (An Argument from Deficiency) No access Pages 59 - 65
20 Argument from Comfort No access Pages 66 - 67
21 Filling the Emptiness No access Pages 68 - 69
22 C.S. Lewis’ Argument from Desire (Also argued by St. Augustine and Goethe) No access Pages 70 - 71
23 Descartes’ Intuition Argument No access Pages 72 - 73
24 Spiritual Development—Deficient or Not No access Pages 74 - 79
25 Newman’s Argument from Conscience No access Pages 80 - 80
26 Answered Prayers? No access Pages 81 - 82
27 Aquinas’ Argument from Gradation No access Pages 83 - 83
28 Argument from Free Will No access Pages 84 - 87
29 Leibniz’s Necessary Explanation and Perfection Argument No access Pages 88 - 88
30 Anselm’s Argument (Revised) No access Pages 89 - 89
31 Necessary Gap Filler for a Finite Mind No access Pages 90 - 91
32 Augustinian Influenced Argument from the Person to God No access Pages 92 - 92
33 Brain in Vat Argument No access Pages 93 - 93
Conclusion: Pascal’s Wager No access Pages 94 - 94
Epilogue: Problem of Suffering No access Pages 95 - 96
Notes No access Pages 97 - 104
Bibliography No access Pages 105 - 111