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The existence and nature of god a theodicy of heaven and. West, of the first millennium had their paragraph or two summarising an argument to god from the existence or orderliness of the universe among them irenaeus, gregory of nyssa, augustine, maximus. Swinburne, the justification of theism truth journal, leadership university website, 2002, and the brief biography of richard swinburne prepared for the origin of the laws of nature and the existence of god panel discussion sponsored by the john templeton foundation, respectively. Richard swinburne makes a cumulative argument in the existence of god, claiming that given considerations like the existence and finetuning of the universe, objective morality, consciousness, religious experiences and miracles, god is the best explanation for what we observe in the world. Swinburne presents a powerful and approachable case for the existence of god. Jan 29, 2011 the second is that swinburne doesnt offer a very comprehensive guide to further reading in his chapter of the same title. Richard swinburne s the existence of god 1979 is the second part of a trilogy, collectively delivered originally as the wilde lectures at the university of oxford in 197677, beginning with the coherence of theism 1977 and concluding with faith and reason 1981 the first edition of the existence of god. In it, he employs the tools of modern confirmation theory to develop a sustained argument for theism. Jun 03, 2004 richard swinburne makes a cumulative argument in the existence of god, claiming that given considerations like the existence and finetuning of the universe, objective morality, consciousness, religious experiences and miracles, god is the best explanation for what we observe in the world. Prior probabilities in the argument from finetuning. Evidence confirms makes more probable an explanatory hypothesis in. Swinburne is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the university of oxford. Swinburne is a christian apologist someone who sets out to defend the christian religions.
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