According to the much-discussed argument from divine hiddenness, God’s existence is disconfirmed by the fact that not everyone believes in God. The argument has provoked an impressive range of theistic replies, but none has overcome – or, I suggest, could overcome – the challenge posed by the uneven distribution of theistic belief around the world, a phenomenon for which naturalistic explanatio...

BACKGROUND Failure to maintain weight losses in lifestyle change programs continues to be a major problem and warrants investigation of innovative approaches to weight control. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to compare two novel group interventions, both aimed at improving weight loss maintenance, with a control group. METHODS AND PROCEDURES A total of 103 women lost weight on a meal ...

I begin by noting that several theologians and others object to special divine action (divine intervention and action beyond conservation and creation) on the grounds that it is incompatible with science. These theologians are thinking of classical Newtonian science; I argue that in fact classical science is in no way incompatible with special divine action, including miracle. What is incompati...

BACKGROUND Belief in divine control is often assumed to be fatalistic. However, the assumption has rarely been investigated in racial/ethnic minorities. OBJECTIVES This study aims to examine the association between belief in divine control and coping and how the association was moderated by ethnicity/acculturation in a multi-ethnic sample of breast cancer patients. METHODS Latina, African A...

In this paper we brie y discuss two constructions of the Mizar language rede nitions and registrations. We focus on practical aspects of using them in Mizar texts to be e ectively processed by the Mizar Verifier. We describe situations when rede nitions can be and should be replaced by corresponding registrations.

Vinte variedades de soja (Glycine max), quatorze convencionais e seis variedades transgênicas (RR) foram analisadas quanto ao teor de proteína, ácido fítico, teor de óleo, fitosteróis, cinzas, minerais e ácidos graxos que foram tabelados e apresentados à rede neural do tipo perceptron de múltiplas camadas para a classificação e identificação quanto a região de plantio e quanto a variedade conve...

Divine view is to industrialization a part of the process of economic development. It has been pointed out frequently enough that the concept of industrialization and commerce can well be found in the divine sources. Because all that subscribe to the divine rules of governance become Ibadah (form of worship), hence industrialization within the religious ambit is also an Ibadah. Divine messages,...

Computing grids require the underlying network infrastructure to be properly configured for provisioning of appropriate communications among their nodes. The management of networks and grids are currently executed by different tools, operated by different administrative personnel. Eventually, the grid communication requirements need corresponding support from the network management tools, but s...

A well-known objection to divine will/divine command moral theories is that they commit us to the view that God’s will is arbitrary. I argue that several versions of divine will/divine command moral theories, including two of Robert Adams’s versions of the DCT and my own divine preference theory, can be successfully defended against this objection. I argue that, even if God’s preferences are so...

In Crossing the Threshold of Divine Revelation, William Abraham offers a rich, subtle defense of an epistemology of divine revelation. In this paper, I focus on a cluster of metaepistemological claims made by Abraham. Specifically, I argue that Abraham’s remarks about epistemic fit and the epistemic standards we bring to bear in making evaluations of divine revelation claims commit him to a spe...