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Tag Archives: universe
God in Science: No Need for that Hypothesis
It’s funny how one can remember something read decades earlier but cannot remember the contents of a book read only last week. Back in seminary I read a little book by Arthur A. Vogel titled The Power of His Resurrection. … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophical Theology
Tagged creatio ex nihilo, creation, deism, Diogenes Allen, God, God of the gaps, Isaac Newton, science, universe
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Hitting a Royal Flush and the Fine-Tuning Argument for the Existence of God
One of our Eclectic Orthodoxy readers yesterday brought to my attention this discussion between Hans Halvorson and Sean Carroll. It’s a thoughtful discussion and I commend it to my readers. I was pleased to see Halvorson raising questions about the … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged argument from design, atheism, creation, existence of God, fine-tuning argument, God, intelligent design, theism, universe
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Amir Aczel, Science, and the Existence of God
Not only do the atheists not seem to get it, but a lot of theists apparently don’t either. I’m referring here to Amir Aczel, the author of Why Science Does Not Disprove God. I have not read Aczel’s book, but he … Continue reading
Posted in Herbert McCabe & Friends
Tagged atheism, creation, God, Herbert McCabe, science, theism, universe
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The Why of God
Midway through chapter 1 of David Hart’s book The Experience of God, Dr Jerry Coyne felt sufficiently confident to post a blog article on Hart’s understanding of God—and this following his two articles in which he was bold enough to … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged atheism, creation, David Hart, God, Jerry Coyne, negative theology, theism, universe, via negativa
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Double Agency: Conceiving Divine and Creaturely Causality
We begin, I suggest, by getting clear in our minds the kind of relationship that exists between Creator and creatures: God’s creative activity is not external to the universe, as is our relation to such things as stoves and books. … Continue reading
Posted in Herbert McCabe & Friends, Philosophical Theology
Tagged Austin Farrer, causality, creation, Diogenes Allen, double agency, God, Herbert McCabe, physics, providence, science, universe
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God in Science–No Need for that Hypothesis
It’s funny how one can remember something read decades earlier but cannot remember the contents of a book read only last week. Back in seminary I read a little book by Arthur A. Vogel titled The Power of His Resurrection. … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophical Theology
Tagged creation, deism, Diogenes Allen, divine agency, God, God of the gaps, immanence, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Laplace, science, transcendence, universe
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