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St Thomas Aquinas and the Contuition of Divinity

Posted on 26 May 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I begin with confession: I do not know if the five ways of St Thomas Aquinas succeed as proofs for the existence of God. I lack the competence to offer an opinion. But even philoso­phers who do have the necessary … Continue reading →

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Can Reason Prove the Existence of God?

Posted on 24 May 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Back in 1974, after five or six years of atheism, I began to believe in the existence of God. I couldn’t have been more surprised. I thought my atheism was rock solid. So what effected the change? A philosophical argument. … Continue reading →

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Purification by Atheism

Posted on 30 November 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Olivier Clément I. Christianity against Freedom? Christianity first appeared as the affirmation of man’s liberty in the prison of a view of the universe in decay and seen no longer as the place of God’s revelation but as the … Continue reading →

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Ex Nihilo Nonnihil Fit: “from nothing something comes”

Posted on 6 September 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Can we imagine the universe spontaneously emerging from nothing? I would have thought that the answer would obviously and logically be no—as long as nothing is understood as it was in classical philosophy and theology: the absence of any thing … Continue reading →

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“I see no God up here”: Gagarin and the Invisible Gardener

Posted on 2 August 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

After Yuri Gagarin’s famous flight into outer space, Nikita Khrushchev addressed a plenary session of the Central Committee and vigorously commended Communism’s campaign against religion: “Why are you clinging to God?” he asked. “Here Gagarin flew into space and didn’t … Continue reading →

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The Problem of Divine Hiddenness: It Even Gets Worse After Pascha

Posted on 6 May 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Alexander Earl Most people are familiar with the problem of evil: how could an all-good, all-knowing, and all-powerful God be consistent with the existence of evil? After all, if God is all-good he abhors evil, if he is all-knowing … Continue reading →

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How to be an Atheist

Posted on 27 September 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel
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St Thomas Aquinas and the Contuition of Divinity

Posted on 19 September 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I begin with confession: I do not know if the five ways of St Thomas Aquinas succeed as proofs for the existence of God. I lack the competence (and can confidently say, will always lack the competence) to offer an … Continue reading →

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