"Reasoning About God, Man and Evil"
by M. Nick Keehus
"Reasoning About God, Man and Evil"
by M. Nick Keehus
This book was designed to stimulate the minds of those who are interested in
ultimate issues. It is primarily an introductory work in support of theism with
highlights of Christian theism. I am addressing three main topics: (I) Arguments For
the Existence and Personhood of God; (II) The Folly of Man, Diversion, Radical
Skepticism, Knowledge Relativism and Moral Relativism; and (III) God and the
Problem(s) of Evil.
Also, this book aims to communicate philosophical truths, logic, theology and science by means of a dialogue between an agnostic sociologist and a philosophical apologist, both of whom are graduate students in their respective fields., This format will most likely ease the task for the reader to understand the content if newly exposed to such material. Some issues may be a bit challenging for the new reader, hence, in the footnotes; various definitions can be found that clarifies certain "household words" within philosophical and apologetic circles.
There are many apologetic works far more exhaustive than this one that the reader can consult. The purpose of this work is to familiarize the believer and the seeker to the world of apologetics by means of a brief dialogue on crucial topics. Although, much more could be said concerning each argument, in limiting these subjects by not covering everything that could be said, one always takes the risk of committing certain generalizations, etc. But hopefully, in the scope of the whole - the totality of the content - great truths will be discovered having eternal value.
Reasoning about God From Cosmology
The kalam Cosmological Argument
The Folly of Man:
Diversion and Radical Skepticism
Knowledge Relativism
Moral Relativism
3. The Smile of The Dawn
Arguments for the Existence of God:
Thomas Aquinas' Five Proofs
Gottfried Leibniz's Teleological Argument
William Paley's Teleological Argument
The Moral Argument
Anselm's Ontological Argument
Alvin Plantinga's Ontological Version
Blaise Pascal's Wager Argument
4. At the Philosophers Pond
Reasoning About God and Evil
The Problem of Evil
The Logical Problem of Evil
The Moral Problem of Evil
The Evidential Problem of Evil
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