Tag Archives: classical theism

Why does God create?

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Mel Wild

First of all, to dogmatically assert we really know anything about God that He doesn’t reveal to us would be the ultimate in pretentious hubris. The finite mind can no more fathom the infinite Source of Being than Hamlet could … Continue reading →

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The Classical Argument for Christ

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Mel Wild

I’ve posted a whole series on the classical argument for the existence of God. Of course, as a Christian, I often get asked, “So, even if this Prime Mover exists, why should I believe in the Christian “God? Why not … Continue reading →

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Faith matters

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Mel Wild

Some skeptics say they can’t believe in God because He can’t be proven. They ask why, if God exists, He makes Himself so mysterious and hard to find? Others say there’s no physical evidence for this immaterial God. Of course, … Continue reading →

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Classical Theism and Theistic Personalism

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Mel Wild

I’ve been talking about Classical Theism in the last series of posts. You might ask, what are the non-classical views? Well, there are basically only two categorical views in philosophy of religion: Classical Theism and what’s been dubbed Theistic Personalism … Continue reading →

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The classical arguments for God – Part Four

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Mel Wild

One thing I like about the classical arguments for God is that they’re logically deduced from our everyday experience. And when one fully understand them (which no detractor I’ve heard so far actually does), we see that asking for evidence … Continue reading →

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The classical arguments for God – Part Three

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Mel Wild

We’re now ready to talk about the importance of essence and existence. I’ve already mentioned this argument in “God is not a god.” I won’t repeat of lot of what was said there so read that post first if you  … Continue reading →

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No Empiricist can be a Materialist

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Mel Wild

I’m posting this video clip as an addendum to my “Classical Arguments for God” series of posts because of some of the comments I’m getting. I’ve been accused of presenting false equivalencies and presenting “word games” with my logical arguments … Continue reading →

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The classical arguments for God – Part Two

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Mel Wild

Logical argumentation is to metaphysics and philosophy what mathematical theorems are to theoretical physics and cosmology. For instance, in the field of quantum mechanics, we have very little hard “evidence” for what we believe to be true, and we may … Continue reading →

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The classical arguments for God – Part One

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Mel Wild

I talked about the atheist’s fallacious demand for evidence last time and what would constitute as logical evidence for God’s workings in the universe. It’s interesting that after three hundred or so comments, no atheist actually understood the classical theist’s … Continue reading →

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