CORE #05 – Good Reasons to Believe in God (Part 3)
Show Notes CORE #05 – Good Reasons to Believe in God (Part 3) Quick Tip Create an apologetics folder on your computer with 4 big categories: God, Jesus, the Church, and Testimony. Use this...
Category: Classical theism
An Excellent Contingency Argument
Fr. James Brent O.P. does an excellent job of summarizing, explaining, and defending a contingency argument found in Aquinas’ Summa Contra Gentiles, Book two, chapter 15. Here’s the text of Aquinas: Again, everything that...
3 Questions to Ask an Atheist
Your friend reveals he’s an atheist. How do you approach the discussion? In a previous post, I explain the #1 tactic in conversations on tough topics is to ask questions rather than make statements....
Two Thomistic Talks on the Problem of Evil
I had the privilege of listening to two Thomistic lectures on the problem of evil from two sharp, female philosophers. Lecture #1 – Dr. Gloria Frost First, Dr. Gloria Frost delivered a lecture entitled The Goodness of God...
Davies Responds to the Problem of Evil (Part 2)
“I don’t think the problem of evil is a very compelling argument at all when considered as an objection against God’s existence. Brian Davies would agree with that.” – Dr. Edward Feser (source) In...
What is Classical Theism? (Part 4)
Can we prove that God exists? In parts 1 – 3 of this series, I defined “proof” in terms of ‘metaphysical demonstration’ and defended the first 3 premises of an Aristotelian proof of God’s existence....
What is Classical Theism? (Part 3)
In part 1 of this series, I explained what I mean by metaphysical demonstrations that lead to the God of classical theism. In part 2, I summarized an Aristotelian argument and defended the first two...
What is Classical Theism (Part 2)
In part 1, we distinguished “signpost arguments” for something supernatural from “metaphysical demonstrations” for the God of classical theism. Next, we examine one of these metaphysical demonstrations: an Aristotelian proof of God’s existence. Dr....
What is Classical Theism? (Part 1)
What is classical theism? For one, it’s a notion all too commonly ignored. Catholic Philosopher Dr. Edward Feser writes: I have often complained that it is not just New Atheist types, but too many...
Davies Responds to the Problem of Evil (Part 1)
Davies and Theodicy Brian Davies O.P. wrote The Reality of God and the Problem of Evil (2006), and it is the best book I have ever read on the subject. Drawing upon the work of...
