A Natural Proof For The Existence Of God As Supernatural

Author : Ruud Schuurman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781790213955
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Natural Proof for the Existence of God as Supernatural written by Ruud Schuurman and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this booklet, I will first argue that God is supernatural, and then prove that, given that God is supernatural, God exists. Of course, we normally assume that, just because God is supernatural, we cannot prove God's existence. But we can. In fact, we can prove the existence of God based on the very fact that God is supernatural. And we can do so by natural means (as opposed to supernatural means, e.g., divine revelation). This results in the most solid proof because it does not derive God's existence from natural phenomena (e.g., the cosmos) or from concepts of God (e.g., the greatest that can be conceived), but directly from the fact that God is supernatural. The classical arguments for the existence of God (i.e., cosmological, teleological, and ontological arguments) cannot do this. In fact, they cannot even accommodate a God that is supernatural. So, given that God is supernatural, they cannot really argue for God at all. In the process, I will also prove that, given that God is supernatural, there cannot be more than one God. And I will explain the beauty of God as supernatural: That only a supernatural God truly qualifies as God. That only a supernatural God is truly infinite, supreme, greater-than-the-greatest. That only a supernatural God is truly perfect, i.e., complete and flawless, and that, if we try to turn God into something more than just supernatural, we thereby actually reduce God, turn God into just another natural thing, the worship of which is indeed idolatry. Finally, I cannot but hope that this may help you to attain salvation, divine union, enlightenment, liberation, wisdom, or whatever you call that which sets you free. Free from sin and the consequences of sin, from separation, from craving and ignorance and the pain it causes, from the cycle of birth and death and its suffering, or, to put it in somewhat plainer terms, from the stress that comes from being deceived by appearances.

Author : Ruud Schuurman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781794162808
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Natural Account of God as Supernatural written by Ruud Schuurman and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is God? Does God exist? How can I find God? These questions, and many more, are answered in this book. Yes, really answered. I will not be beating around the bush but answer these questions directly and concretely. And I will not base my answers on revelation, scripture, or religious faith, but only on the meaning of the word 'God'. That is, that God is supernatural. This is the most common notion of God. It is non-sectarian, not based on religion or denomination, but shared by theist and atheists alike. It is also one of the most profound notions of God. I will first argue that God is supernatural and then explain what it means for God to be supernatural. The results are amazing! That God is supernatural means, among other things, that there cannot be more than one God, and that God exists. Also, all of the typical attributes of God follow from the fact that God is supernatural: If God is supernatural, of course God appears to have all of these supernatural attributes. The attributes turn out to be ways or attempts to say that God is supernatural. Another surprising result, if in hindsight perhaps obvious, is that God is identical with some notions we are most familiar with. These results are real eye-openers! The investigation into what it means for God to be supernatural, also reveals the beauty of a supernatural God: That only a supernatural God is truly infinite, supreme, greater-than-the-greatest. That only a supernatural God is truly perfect, i.e., complete and flawless. And that if we try to turn God into something more than just supernatural, we actually turn God into something less, the worship of which is idolatry. In short, it reveals that only a truly supernatural God is truly God. This is not your typical account of God because it claims that God is supernatural yet proceeds by natural means (i.e., means that are in accordance with contemporary methods and standards of rationality of the natural sciences) as opposed to supernatural means (e.g., divine revelation). Thus, it bridges the apparent gap between natural and supernatural approaches to God. If the 'ultimate' of non-theistic religions also refers to what is supernatural, this may well be a universally acceptable account of God / the ultimate. Last not least, let me put the adherents of the doctrine of divine simplicity at ease by noting that the account of God as supernatural is fully compatible with the doctrine of divine simplicity (provided God's simplicity is considered to be absolute). But the account of God as supernatural has a number of important advantages over the doctrine of divine simplicity. Thus, I believe that the account of God as supernatural would be a worthy successor to the doctrine of divine simplicity. I cannot but hope that working with this account of God may help you to attain salvation, divine union, enlightenment, liberation, wisdom, or whatever you call that which sets you free. Free from sin and the consequences of sin, free from separation, free from craving and ignorance and the pain it causes, free from the cycle of birth and death and its suffering, or, to put it in somewhat plainer terms, free from the stress that comes from being deceived by appearances.

Author : Horace Bushnell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 884 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nature and the Supernatural written by Horace Bushnell and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Francis Collins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1847396151
Total Pages : 304 pages
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Download or read book The Language of God written by Francis Collins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Francis S. Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is one of the world's leading scientists, working at the cutting edge of the study of DNA, the code of life. Yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God. How does he reconcile the seemingly unreconcilable? In THE LANGUAGE OF GOD he explains his own journey from atheism to faith, and then takes the reader on a stunning tour of modern science to show that physics, chemistry and biology -- indeed, reason itself -- are not incompatible with belief. His book is essential reading for anyone who wonders about the deepest questions of all: why are we here? How did we get here? And what does life mean?

Author : Charles Marsh Mead
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Supernatural Revelation written by Charles Marsh Mead and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward Feser
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1681497808
Total Pages : 338 pages
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Download or read book Five Proofs of the Existence of God written by Edward Feser and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed, updated exposition and defense of five of the historically most important (but in recent years largely neglected) philosophical proofs of God’s existence: the Aristotelian, the Neo-Platonic, the Augustinian, the Thomistic, and the Rationalist. It also offers a thorough treatment of each of the key divine attributes—unity, simplicity, eternity, omnipotence, omniscience, perfect goodness, and so forth—showing that they must be possessed by the God whose existence is demonstrated by the proofs. Finally, it answers at length all of the objections that have been leveled against these proofs. This work provides as ambitious and complete a defense of traditional natural theology as is currently in print. Its aim is to vindicate the view of the greatest philosophers of the past— thinkers like Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, Leibniz, and many others— that the existence of God can be established with certainty by way of purely rational arguments. It thereby serves as a refutation both of atheism and of the fideism that gives aid and comfort to atheism.

Author : Nicholas Everitt
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415301077
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Non-existence of God written by Nicholas Everitt and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguments for the existence of God have taken many different forms over the centuries: in The Non-Existence of God, Everitt considers all the arguments and examines the role that reason and knowledge play in the debate over God's existence.

Author : Robert H. Nelson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498223753
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God? Very Probably written by Robert H. Nelson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, a number of works have appeared with important implications for the age-old question of the existence of a god. These writings, many of which are not by theologians, strengthen the rational case for the existence of a god, even as this god may not be exactly the Christian God of history. This book brings together for the first time such recent diverse contributions from fields such as physics, the philosophy of human consciousness, evolutionary biology, mathematics, the history of religion, and theology. Based on such new materials as well as older ones from the twentieth century, it develops five rational arguments that point strongly to the (very probable) existence of a god. They do not make use of the scientific method, which is inapplicable to the question of a god. Rather, they are in an older tradition of rational argument dating back at least to the ancient Greeks. For those who are already believers, the book will offer additional rational reasons that may strengthen their belief. Those who do not believe in the existence of a god at present will encounter new rational arguments that may cause them to reconsider their opinion.

Author : Robert J. Spitzer
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802863833
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Proofs for the Existence of God written by Robert J. Spitzer and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to contemporary popular atheism, Robert J. Spitzer's New Proofs for the Existence of God examines the considerable evidence for God and creation that has come to light from physics and philosophy during the last forty years. --from publisher description.

Author : Dr. Jason Lisle
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1614580987
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Proof of Creation written by Dr. Jason Lisle and published by New Leaf Publishing Group. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a bold title: The Ultimate Proof of Creation - But is there such a thing? There are many books that contain seemingly powerful arguments for biblical creation. But is there an ultimate proof of creation? There is an argument for creation that is powerful, conclusive, and has no true rebuttal. As such, it is an irrefutable argument - an "ultimate proof " of the Christian worldview biblical creation. Master the method outlined in the following chapters, and you will be able to defend Christianity against all opposition. Learn how to apply the ultimate proof in dialogues with evolutionists, how to spot logical fallacies, and biblical examples of defending the faith Discover the nature of scientific evidence and its proper role in the origins debate Details how to address theistic evolution, "day age" creationism, and other compromised positions of biblical creationism An exceptional book for pastors, ministry leaders, seminary attendees, and students of religion and philosophy This book is a complete guide to defending the Christian faith, emphasizing the defense of the Genesis account of creation, built on techniques that have been developed over many years and presentations. They are not difficult to apply when you learn how to do it properly. Ready to move beyond the circular arguments? It is time to get to the real heart of the issue and rationally resolve the origins debate. It is time to discover The Ultimate Proof of Creation.