Tag: Anselm
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Anselm’s famous Ontological Argument has caused controversy for a thousand years among theologians, philosophers and apologists. But is it a valid argument, or merely a “charming trick” using verbal gymnastics? While the argument iself is “simple”, it is almost indescribably complex because it deals with ultimate reality – the nature…
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Is it possible that evil actually presents a powerful argument for the very existence of God? Can the existence of evil be used, in the words of Anselm, “to shatter the rigid resistance of unbelievers?” Philosopher Gregory Ganssle acknowledges that evil seems to supply evidence against the existence of God,…
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+ Abductive Argument, Anselm, Athenagoras, christianity, Christus Victor, CS Lewis, Dualism, Evidential Problem of Evil, Evil, Existential Problem of Evil, god, Good, Gustav Aulen, Logical Problem of Evil, Materialism, natural law, Naturalism, Skeptical Theism, Theodicy, worldview+
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by Bob Pratico, submitted at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Mar 2022 William Lane Craig. Reasonable Faith, Christian Truth and Apologetics. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1984, 1994, 2008 IntroductionWilliam Lane Craig is a world-renowned, respected philosopher and Christian apologist. He is a Visiting Scholar of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology…
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By Bob Pratico Ironically, one of the charges against the early church during the multiple persecutions by the Roman Empire was that of “atheism” because the Christians had abandoned the pagan gods. In 112 A.D., Pliny the Younger, then Roman governor of Bithynia, wrote the Emperor Trajan seeking counsel on…
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