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INDEX: Geisler’s Five Ways

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Here is my multi-part critical examination of Dr. Norman Geisler’s case for the existence of God in his book When Skeptics Ask (coauthored with Ronald Brooks): Geisler’s First Argument Geisler’s Five Ways Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 2: How Many Arguments for God? Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 3: Just ONE Argument Geisler’s Five Ways … INDEX: Geisler’s Five Ways

Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 6: Arguments for the Intelligence of the Creator

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Here is my version of Geisler’s first argument in Phase 2 of his case for God: ARGUMENT #1 OF PHASE 2 10a. Only a being with great power could create the whole universe by itself, and only a being with great power could sustain the existence of the whole universe by itself  (for even just one moment). 11a. There is a being that both (a) created … Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 6: Arguments for the Intelligence of the Creator

Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 5: The Gap Between Phase 1 and Phase 2

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Here is my version of Geisler’s first argument in Phase 2 of his case for God:   ARGUMENT #1 OF PHASE 2   10a. Only a being with great power could create the whole universe by itself, and only a being with great power could sustain the existence of the whole universe by itself  (for even just one moment).   11a. There is a being that … Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 5: The Gap Between Phase 1 and Phase 2

Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 4: Phase Two of Geisler’s Case for God

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It is tempting to jump right into a critique of Geisler’s five initial arguments.  However, my first priority is to sketch out the logic of Geisler’s case for the existence of God in When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), and, as I have previously argued (in Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3), the five arguments are merely the first phase … Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 4: Phase Two of Geisler’s Case for God

Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 2: How Many Arguments for God?

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In Chapter  2 of When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), Norman Geisler appears to present five different arguments for the existence of God.  However, there are some significant problems with this characterization of Geisler’s case for God.   NONE of the five arguments end with the conclusion that “God exists”.  In fact, only his first argument even mentions the word “God”, … Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 2: How Many Arguments for God?

Geisler’s Five Ways

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Norman Geisler is a Thomist.  His case for the existence of God is basically a simplified, clarified, and somewhat modified version of the case for God made by Thomas Aqinas in Summa Theologica.  Geisler borrows the basic logical structure of the case for God made by Aquinas, as well as some of the specific sub-arguments … Geisler’s Five Ways

Geisler’s First Argument

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Norman Geisler’s case for God appears to consist of five arguments for the existence of God. Here is my critique of the opening paragraph of Geisler’s case, and my critique of his first argument for the existence of God: ====================== NOTE: I forgot that my plan was to put my posts on cases for God … Geisler’s First Argument