Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-215) and index.

The question of God's existence: the radical contingency of the
universe points toward a necessary being -- Many generations of
philosophers have made the mistake of assuming Hume and Kant's
objections disposed of the cosmological argument -- A universe with
an infinite past would still require a necessary being to sustain its
existence -- Because the universe (or multiverse) had a beginning, it
is contingent and has a cause for its coming into existence -- The
philosophy of nature set forth in this book emphasizes the
intelligibility of the universe noted in Einstein's statement : "the
most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is
comprehensible." A significant issue in examining the "something"
that exists is: why is it intelligible? -- Evolution is not
dispositive of the question of why there is something rather than
nothing and why the universe is rational and intelligible -- The
mystery of information challenges a strict materialism -- The
existence of God gives an absolute that is consistent with the real
existence of right and wrong -- Evidential force of religious
experience: if God is a person, God can be known to only a very
limited extent by abstract reasoning and is more fully known by
personal acquaintance in an I-Thou relationship with the Wholly Other
-- Recorded experiences of encounters with the divine bear witness to
a way of knowing that includes Kierkegaard's Kendskab, Buber's
I-Thou, Otto's Wholly other, and Marcel's Mystery -- These nine
witnesses testify to another way of knowing that is compatible with
the empirical and the metaphysical rational ways of knowing, but is
beyond the describable and requires personal participation,
commitment, and personal transformation -- Concluding reflections and
summary: theism requires a leap of faith, but it is a leap into the
light, not into the dark; theism explains more than atheism, which
also requires a leap of faith.

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Dewey Class: 212.1 -- Existence, attributes of God
LCC Number: BL240.3

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Language: eng
Physical Description: xxxii, 229 p. ; 24 cm.
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