A Case for Atheism: Outline and Introduction
OUTLINE I. Introduction II. There are good reasons to be SKEPTICAL about religion and religious beliefs. III. There is no good case for the belief that God exists (THEISM). IV. There are good reasons for rejecting the belief that God exists (ATHEISM). I. INTRODUCTION I am going to make a case for atheism. In order … A Case for Atheism: Outline and Introduction
Kreeft’s Case for God: Summary of My Critique – Part 3
In Part 23 I begin to analyze and evaluate the five remaining arguments in Kreeft’s case for God. FIVE REMAINING ARGUMENTS Although I have already shown that Kreeft’s cumulative case for God is a complete failure, I would still like to make a few comments and objections concerning the remaining five arguments: I quickly toss … Kreeft’s Case for God: Summary of My Critique – Part 3
Kreeft’s Case for God: Summary of My Critique – Part 2
In Part 15 I begin to analyze Argument #4 of Kreeft’s case: 4. The Argument from Degrees of Perfection In Argument #4, Kreeft argues for the existence of an “absolutely perfect being”. He does strongly hint at the single most important premise of this argument: This absolutely perfect being…is God. (HCA, p.55) The most important premise of this argument is best stated as … Kreeft’s Case for God: Summary of My Critique – Part 2
Kreeft’s Case for God: Summary of My Critique – Part 1
DOES GOD EXIST? One way to approach this question is to critically examine some cases for the existence of God. I am especially interested in cases for God made by Christian philosophers in the late 20th century or the early 21st century. One such case was made by Peter Kreeft: Twenty Arguments for the Existence … Kreeft’s Case for God: Summary of My Critique – Part 1
Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #31: Evaluation of Phase 2 Continued
WHERE WE ARE AT In Phase 2 of Argument #6, the Kalam Cosmological Argument, Peter Kreeft aims to establish two claims: 4. The cause of the coming into being of the universe is eternal. 5. The cause of the coming into being of the universe was a person. In Part 30, I argued that Kreeft’s … Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #31: Evaluation of Phase 2 Continued
Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #30: Phase 2 of the Kalam Argument
WHERE WE ARE AT In Part 29, I criticized Phase 1 of Peter Kreeft’s Argument #6: the Kalam Cosmological Argument. In this post, I will begin to analyze and evaluate Phase 2 of Argument #6. Phase 1 of the Kalam Cosmological Argument goes like this (HCA, p.58): 1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause of … Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #30: Phase 2 of the Kalam Argument
Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #29: Evaluation of Premise (2)
Here is the second premise of Argument #6 (the Kalam Cosmological Argument) in Peter Kreeft’s case for the existence of God, from Chapter 3 of his Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter: HCA): 2. The universe began to exist. (HCA, p.58) In order to be able to rationally determine whether this claim is true or false, we … Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #29: Evaluation of Premise (2)
Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #28: Did the Universe Begin to Exist?
WHERE WE ARE AT There is only one more argument in Kreeft’s case that we need to evaluate: Argument #6: the Kalam Cosmological Argument. In Part 24, I did an initial analysis of Argument #7, and I pointed out some significant problems with that argument. Argument #6 has the same set of significant problems: Furthermore, the conclusion … Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #28: Did the Universe Begin to Exist?
Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #27: The Universe and Time
I am starting to think about the Kalam Cosmological Argument, Argument #6 in Peter Kreeft’s case for God, from Chapter 3 of his Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter: HCA). This is the final argument that we need to consider in Kreeft’s case for God.This is not the first time I have examined this argument. When I … Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #27: The Universe and Time
Letter to Peter Kreeft
Dear Dr. Peter Kreeft, I have recently been studying your Argument #7, the Argument from Contingency: http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics-more/20_arguments-gods-existence.htm#7 In the second premise, you provide a definition of “the universe”: 2. The universe—the collection of beings in space and time—exists. Although I appreciate the attempt to clarify the meaning of this phrase, the definition itself seems unclear … Letter to Peter Kreeft