On the Existence of God
1st Edition
Published on 11. November 2009
236 pages
978-0-7618-8434-7 (ISBN)
Description
The existence of God raises many questions. Geis' work addresses queries that arise from the gratuitous claims of empiricism in Hume, unfounded assumptions in Kant, presumptions of science, and the improbabilities it identifies in Darwinism. By focusing on number and proportion as intrinsic to material and atomic constituency, any argument from chance as instrumental to the cosmos' emergence and sustainability becomes invalidated. The arguments from contingency and the nature of intellection provide more clarity than the ratio Anselmi for acknowledging a transcendent causality, taking the reader to the problem of evil and present-day nihilism. These concepts present great, but not insuperable, difficulty for theism. Geis argues that evil, when one uses it as a means to the betterment of oneself and the world, takes on the rôle commensurate with the doctrine of an omnibenevolent deity. Accordingly, one can use evil as a means to a greater understanding of God, Providence, and eternal destiny.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-8434-7 (9780761884347)
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Robert Geis
On the Existence of God
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11/2009
University Press of America
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Robert Geis has previously published philosophical and theological works on personal immortality, sexual ethics, and papal infallibility. He is a Prelate Protocyncellus in the Eastern Orthodox Catholic rite.
Content
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Fallacies and Approaches to God
Chapter 3 Presumptions in Science
Chapter 4 Improbabilities and Darwinism
Chapter 5 Design and Order
Chapter 6 From Idea to Idea
Chapter 7 Mind as Dynamisme
Chapter 8 From the Causal Order
Chapter 9 Omnibenevolence and Evil
Chapter 10 Suffering, Nihilism, and the Divine
Chapter 11 Addressing Other Assumptions
Chapter 12 Afterword
Chapter 13 Notes
Chapter 14 Index
Chapter 15 About the Author
Chapter 2 Fallacies and Approaches to God
Chapter 3 Presumptions in Science
Chapter 4 Improbabilities and Darwinism
Chapter 5 Design and Order
Chapter 6 From Idea to Idea
Chapter 7 Mind as Dynamisme
Chapter 8 From the Causal Order
Chapter 9 Omnibenevolence and Evil
Chapter 10 Suffering, Nihilism, and the Divine
Chapter 11 Addressing Other Assumptions
Chapter 12 Afterword
Chapter 13 Notes
Chapter 14 Index
Chapter 15 About the Author
