PPT-Knowledge of God’s existence

DEVELOPMENT IN CHRISTIAN THOUGHT 1 INSIGHT Augustines teaching on human nature Death and Afterlife 2 FOUNDATIONS Knowledge of Gods existence The person of Jesus Christ 3 LIVING Christian moral principles. Lakeside institute of Theology. Apologetics . (CM4). The Existence of God I. February 13, 2015. Apologetics. . (CM4). . Jan. 30 – Introduction to Apologetics. Feb. 6 – Reliability of Witnesses . God: What We’re Not Talking About. God: What We Are Talking About. The arguments for & against the existence of a supernatural . Force.. Being.. I. ntelligence.. Designer.. Cause.. Logical and/or physical necessity.. PHIL/RS 335. Going back to the beginning.. The cosmological argument has its origin in Ancient Greek Philosophy.. We see versions of the argument in the work of both Plato and Aristotle.. There, of course, the argument was not aimed at proving the existence of a theistic divinity, but at explaining the origin of the world.. Author: Jean Paul Sartre. Essence Precedes Existence. The classic concept of existence is that “essence precedes existence,”. w. hich means that the idea of something existed before its creation. For example, the person who created the scissor had an idea of the shape and purpose of the scissor before creating it. The scissor, when in existence, will be judged according to how well it meets the expectations of the scissor.. Why is there something rather than nothing?. Leibniz - the principle of sufficient reason. Cosmological Arguments. Principle of Sufficient Reason (Chapter 3). Kalam. Cosmological Argument (Chapter 4). (Or: How I learned to stop worrying about the anguish of a purposeless universe where man is condemned to be free and just hang out by a tree.). Hello friends! Feeling blue?. Do you sense abandonment by an indifferent, unknowable, or nonexistent creator?. ? . Some crazy neighbour snuck in and put the rabbit and carrots there. I’m going mad, dreaming, or hallucinating.. . My sister/brother has been at the rabbit rescue centre again. This is not my house. AS. Background to the Argument. A classical theistic proof for the existence of God. Supports the concept of the God of classical theism (. omni. -words). Accepts that the cosmos is contingent upon a prior being to bring it into existence. The Arguments for Existence. Discuss This. How does one perception of God shape oneself? How important is it in understanding someone’s view of the universe?. Religious Philosophy. Theism. Atheism. reason. Arguments based on . observation. What are you most struggling with. ?. Write any . questions. on your post it note.. Group Quiz…. Round one: Teleological arguments. What is “Teleological argument”?. DEVELOPMENT IN CHRISTIAN THOUGHT. . 1. INSIGHT. Augustine’s teaching on human nature. Death and Afterlife. 2. . FOUNDATIONS. Knowledge of God’s existence. The person of Jesus Christ. 3. LIVING. Christian moral principles. Rafi Ahmed. June 6, 2018. Outline. . Terminology. Quranic claims. Method of discourse. Logical evidence. Scientific evidence. Quranic evidence. Reasons for atheism. Pascal’s wager. . Existence. (. Arguments based on observation). A posteriori arguments. The Teleological Argument: Aquinas, Paley, Anthropic . Telos. = Greek for order/end/ purpose. Based on design/ order in the universe. "We don't talk about those kind of things at home.". “Guilt . trips are bad for you. They screw up your life.". "I didn't ask to be born.". "Look, I cheated because my dad will kill me if I fail.".