The Design of Existence

The Design of Existence

Author: Wilson Van Dusen

Publisher: Chrysalis Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780877853947

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A guidebook to the mystical experience like no other. Viewing external reality from a multi-dimensional perspective, Van Dusen imposes that vision on our internal reality. He sets out to explore the inner landscape in detail, using the writings of 18th-century visonary Emanuel Swedenborg as a template and comparing them to works in of other spiritual traditions, especially Hinduism and Buddhism. For both Swedenborg and Van Dusen, our interior realm reflects the external cosmos. Each of us carries in our nature and character a cosmological design. This inner-outer correspondence makes possible a mystical sense of oneness.Includes contemplative and meditative exercises for daily use.


Designer Universe

Designer Universe

Author: Jimmy H. Davis

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780805424478

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Scientific discoveries of the twentieth century have opened the door for a renewed look at Intelligent Design evidences concerning the existence of God. Authors Davis and Poe explore the different approaches to the Intelligent Design argument, review why Intelligent Design theories fell into disfavor, assess the criticism of Intelligent Design theories with a view to answering those criticisms, and propose how Intelligent Design evidences can be most effectively presented. Includes 60 graphic illustrations supporting Intelligent Design theory.


Who Designed the Designer?

Who Designed the Designer?

Author: Michael Augros

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2015-03-23

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1681496542

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The ಜNew Atheistsಝ are pulling no punches. If the world of nature needs a designer, they ask, then why wouldn't the designer itself need a designer, too? Or if it can exist without any designer behind it, then why can't we just say the same for the universe and wash our hands of a designer altogether? Interweaving its pursuit of the First Cause with personal stories and humor, this ground-breaking book takes a fresh approach to ultimate questions. While attentive to empirical science, it builds its case not on authoritative pronouncements of experts that readers must take on faith, but instead on a nuanced understanding of universal principles implicit in everyone's experience. Here is essential reading for all people who care about contemplating God, not exclusively as a best-explanation for the findings of science, but also as the surprising-yet-inevitable implication of our commonsense contact with reality. Augros harnesses such intellects as Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas, ushering into the light a wealth of powerful inferences that have hitherto received little or no public exposure. The result is an easygoing yet extraordinary journey, beginning from the world as we all encounter it and ending in the divine mind.


The Existence of God

The Existence of God

Author: Yujin Nagasawa

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-04-19

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1136737456

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Does God exist? What are the various arguments that seek to prove the existence of God? Can atheists refute these arguments? The Existence of God: A Philosophical Introduction assesses classical and contemporary arguments concerning the existence of God: the ontological argument, introducing the nature of existence, possible worlds, parody objections, and the evolutionary origin of the concept of God the cosmological argument, discussing metaphysical paradoxes of infinity, scientific models of the universe, and philosophers’ discussions about ultimate reality and the meaning of life the design argument, addressing Aquinas’s Fifth Way, Darwin’s theory of evolution, the concept of irreducible complexity, and the current controversy over intelligent design and school education. Bringing the subject fully up to date, Yujin Nagasawa explains these arguments in relation to recent research in cognitive science, the mathematics of infinity, big bang cosmology, and debates about ethics and morality in light of contemporary political and social events. The book also includes fascinating insights into the passions, beliefs and struggles of the philosophers and scientists who have tackled the challenge of proving the existence of God, including Thomas Aquinas, and Kurt Gödel - who at the end of his career as a famous mathematician worked on a secret project to prove the existence of God. The Existence of God: A Philosophical Introduction is an ideal gateway to the philosophy of religion and an excellent starting point for anyone interested in arguments about the existence of God.


On the Nature and Existence of God

On the Nature and Existence of God

Author: Richard M. Gale

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-08-26

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1107142350

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This influential book evaluates the arguments for the existence and nature of God that emerged in the late twentieth century.


New Proofs for the Existence of God

New Proofs for the Existence of God

Author: Robert J. Spitzer

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2010-04-15

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 0802863833

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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.


Riddles of Existence

Riddles of Existence

Author: Dalt Wonk

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780989609524

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"Inspired by costume designs of the golden age of Mardi Gras, The Riddles of Existence is a kind of modern reinvention of Tarot Cards. But these cards are not for predicting the future -- they are for having fun now! The Riddles of Existence are an oversized deck of cards, each with a figure wearing a costume. Beneath the illustration, there is a riddle in verse. The costume is the answer, or a hint at the answer, of the riddle. It's a game any number can play. You can have fun alone or even better, with friends. Turn up a card. Read the riddle. Contemplate the costume. Who can guess the answer?" -- from publisher's website


Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

Author: David Hume

Publisher:

Published: 1779

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13:

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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work written by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Through dialogue, three fictional characters named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God's existence. While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply in opinion on God's nature or attributes and how, or if, humankind can come to knowledge of a deity. In the Dialogues, Hume's characters debate a number of arguments for the existence of God, and arguments whose proponents believe through which we may come to know the nature of God. Such topics debated include the argument from design - for which Hume uses a house - and whether there is more suffering or good in the world (Argument from evil)


The Design of Life

The Design of Life

Author: William A Dembski

Publisher: Foundation for Thought and E

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 0980021308

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The Design of Life, written by two leading intelligent design theorists, offers the clearest, most comprehensive treatment of intelligent design on the market, with answers to Darwinists' objections drawn unrelentingly from the recent science literature.