[This post is a work in progress as part of the CAA Catechism.] [Add the title only in the title field, not in the body of the post.] Summary in 400 words or less: Function of the PSR The Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) is a metaphysical philosophical theorem that Leibniz applied concerning both reality and truth. The PSR requires an explanation for why … [Read more...]
Leibnizian Cosmological Argument
[This post is a work in progress as part of the CAA Catechism.] [Add the title only in the title field, not in the body of the post.] Summary in 400 words or less: “Why is there something rather than nothing?” Good question. While Thomas Aquinas argued for God’s existence from ‘cause’ (God being the uncaused cause of the universe), Leibniz argued additionally from … [Read more...]
Kalaam Cosmological Argument
[This post is a work in progress as part of the CAA Catechism.] [Add the title only in the title field, not in the body of the post.] Summary in 400 words or less: 1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause. 2. The universe began to exist. 3. Therefore, the universe has a cause. Examining the first two premises: Premise 1 – whatever begins to exist has a cause - The universe began … [Read more...]
Conceptual Arguments
[This post is a work in progress as part of the CAA Catechism.] [Add the title only in the title field, not in the body of the post.] Summary in 400 words or less: Augustine Argument from Absolute Truth Augustine purported that we are in contact with objective absolute truths that transcend us. These absolute truths (such as mathematical formulas) are superior to the human … [Read more...]
Pascal’s Wager
[This post is a work in progress as part of the CAA Catechism.] [Add the title only in the title field, not in the body of the post.] Summary in 400 words or less: Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), a French mathematician in Pensées (version below, pps. 122-123): ...‘Either God is or he is not.’ But to which view shall we be inclined? Reason cannot decide this question. Infinite … [Read more...]
Pascal's Anthropological Argument
[This post is a work in progress as part of the CAA Catechism.] [Add the title only in the title field, not in the body of the post.] Summary in 400 words or less: Who are we? Worldviews all try to answer this fundamental question of human existence. Man is magnificent and miserable, dignified and undignified, profound and stupid. Some use their minds to mine the … [Read more...]
Arguments from Morality
[This post is a work in progress as part of the CAA Catechism.] [Add the title only in the title field, not in the body of the post.] Summary in 400 words or less: Kant’s argument from morality: 1. God is the best answer for the existence of objective morality. 2. Objective morals exist. 3. Therefore, God exists. There are variations of this argument, but we have presented the … [Read more...]
Arguments from Beauty and Aesthetics
[This post is a work in progress as part of the CAA Catechism.] [Add the title only in the title field, not in the body of the post.] Summary in 400 words or less: The argument from beauty takes many forms, as beauty itself come in many forms, and those forms cry out for explanations. Perhaps the most fundamental question regarding beauty and how to account for it is … [Read more...]
Undesigned Coincidences in Scripture
[This post is a work in progress as part of the CAA Catechism.] [Add the title only in the title field, not in the body of the post.] Summary in 400 words or less: The argument from undesigned coincidences (UC) counters the skeptic’s notion that “the Bible is only the claim” and offers no evidence within Itself for Its own truthfulness. Far from the fallacious argument of ad … [Read more...]
Can We Be Good Without God?
[This post is a work in progress as part of the CAA Catechism.] [Add the title only in the title field, not in the body of the post.] Summary in 400 words or less: This question needs to be approached in the context that the skeptic poses it. As a Christian, it is tempting to go right to Romans 3:10 and respond that there is no one who is good. However, taking this … [Read more...]