Theology is the field of study and analysis that treats of God and of God's attributes and relations to the universe; the study of divine things or religious truth; divinity.
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How can one not believe in god as the root cause of the universe?
How can you lack belief in the existence of god?
I define god here as prime cause. As the world is a sum of collections of events, causally linked to the past through time, then there must be a prime cause.
As of now the Big Bang singularity has…
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Using Special Pleading to invalidate first-cause argument regarding existence of God
I don't have enough rep to comment or participate in the thread that prompted this post but I wanted to discuss the argument posted here:
How can you disbelieve in god?
The most popular answer at the moment seems to be the one from Phillip or…
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If there is a God, how is that relevant to us?
If you consider the God of the bible to be real (talking about Christianity), then the existence of God is relevant to you because he can do miracles, change your life for the best, and allow you to experience eternal happiness in heaven. The same…
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Why have philosophers historically defined God as omni-benevolent?
Whenever I read philosophy throughout history regarding God, I notice something I have issue with: Philosophers in most cases define god to be omnipotent, omniscient, and omni-benevolent.
The first two conditions are obvious: I can see where being…
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Can a theist accept any brute facts about the natural world?
I am reading Adrian Bardon’s recent text, A History of the Philosophy of Time, and in it he makes the following passing comment :
The theist doesn’t accept brute facts about the natural world; she insists on the pertinence of the question of why…
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What pleasure does God get from the creation of humans?
Say God created us. Was this fun for God? Does God keep watching us?
Why did God create us? God could have done more interesting things than create us.
What is God's motive in creating us? Does god have fun watching us, in the same way we enjoy…
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What does Pascal mean in this passage from "Les Pensées"?
I was recently translating this passage from Pascal for my French class:
"La théologie est une science, mais en même temps combien est-ce de sciences? Un homme est un suppôt, mais si on l’anatomise que sera-ce? la tête, le cœur, l’estomac, les…
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A beyond-nature proof of God
I have just started studying some arguments on the existence of God. They all inherit a common feature: all use some explanations of the universe. For instance, take Kalam proof for God. It states everything has a cause, the world has a begining and…
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Are there logical reasons why we will never be able to judge fairly and objectively if God is good?
At the heart of the problem of evil is the idea that God lets evil things happen, such as wars, and does nothing to stop them. So we are at odds with God as to what is good and what is evil.
It can be argued that we do not have the knowledge or the…
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God as a product of our universe
I'm new to philosophy and I know very little. While watching lectures on philosophy of 17-18 centuries I realized that the understanding of God was a very important issue (and it probably still is at present days). I got an idea which is opposite to…
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What distinguishes black liberation theology from liberation theology?
Dr James Cone was a proponent of black liberation theology and for racial justice. In 1971 he addressed the University of Richmond saying:
They can be no reconciliation with masters so long as they are masters. No reconciliation so long as men are…
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If God knows what you are thinking at all times, why pray?
I don't believe in God but i find thinking about the logic behind religion interesting to think about, and i cant see any good reason why a believer should have to pray to God if God is supposed to know everything including what they are thinking at…
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Did Meister Eckhart teach many times to only females?
In the 13th century this German monk/priest created his own philosophy and theology. But I've heard that he taught this often to mostly females.
Now in the 13th century I don't think that women were encouraged to study a lot. So the question is, is…
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What are the main definitions of god in philosophy?
I recently learned about ignosticism, which is the idea that the notion of god is ambiguous, and then the question of the existence of god(s) is meaningless. That is quite surprising to me since the concept of god had been (and still is) an…
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Believing in god is same as not believing in yourself
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When a young kid prays to god for better exam score , doesn't that mean he knows he not going to score good so he forces himself to believe that some higher entity will help him to score good.
When you…
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