In this article I argue that the effects of sin for our cognition of God primarily consist in a lack of knowledge by acquaintance of God and the relevant ensuing propositional knowledge. In the course of my argument, I make several conceptual distinctions and offer analyses of 1 Cor 13:9–12 and Rom 1:18–23. As it turns out, we have ample reason to think that sin has had and still has profound c...

As an extension of a concept known as tawheed,* nothing lies outside of The Jurisdiction of Divine Intervention; nor is God the deist’s watchmaker, winding up reality and watching various Newtonian-like mechanized processes play themselves out. Once this latter deist notion is embraced, and given a particular subtle type of human propensity for self-exaltation (a type which is by definition not...

If God did not exist – people would invent one! The development of human civilization requires mechanisms promoting cooperation and social order. One of these mechanisms is based on the idea that everything we do is seen and judged by God – bad deeds will be punished, while good ones will be rewarded. The Information Age has now fueled the dream that God-like omniscience and omnipotence can be ...

Philosophers and theologians have advanced a variety of arguments for God’s existence. Th e arguments vary along a number of dimensions. Some are a priori; some are a posteriori. Some depend on a particular defi nition of God; others are more general. But they have features in common. Th ey are independent of any particular religious tradition, depending on nothing more than a generally classic...

Is the Christian doctrine of the Trinity consistent with a very strong version of the thesis of divine simplicity? Yes, so long as the simple divine nature is a relational nature, a nature that could be characterized in terms of such relations as knowing and loving. This divine nature functions simultaneously as agent, patient, and action: as knower, known and knowledge, and lover, beloved, and...

A1 Either a property or its negation is positive, but not both: ∀φ[P (¬φ)↔ ¬P (φ)] A2 A property necessarily implied by a positive property is positive: ∀φ∀ψ[(P (φ) ∧ ∀x[φ(x)→ ψ(x)])→ P (ψ)] T1 Positive properties are possibly exemplified: ∀φ[P (φ)→ ♦∃xφ(x)] D1 A God-like being possesses all positive properties: G(x)↔ ∀φ[P (φ)→ φ(x)] A3 The property of being God-like is positive: P (G) C Possib...

The paper examines the beginnings of biblical monotheism. author indicates period Babylonian exile as moment emergence this idea in Israel. Psalm 82 is interpreted here a testimony to monotheistic transformation. advocates literal understanding content psalm, an image judgement over pagan gods, which ended their condemnation death. reason for dethronement entire pantheon permanent inability god...