Questions tagged [philosophy-of-religion]
Philosophy of religion is a branch of philosophy concerned with questions regarding religion, including the nature and existence of God, the examination of religious experience, analysis of religious vocabulary and texts, and the relationship of religion and science. Note that term is somewhat ambiguous as questions regarding atheism, secular humanism and agnosticism is included in the discipline.
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Does this argument disprove immaterialism?
-Every observation we have analysed has a material cause.
-By inductive reasoning, all observations have materialistic causes.
-Hence, there are no immaterial causes and immaterialism doesn't exist.
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Religious provisions to Jung's "male-female" archetype
In page 69 of his "Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious", Jung writes:
The anima image, which lends the mother such superhuman glamour in the eyes of the son, gradually becomes ...
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Should real possibilities be considered a part of reality and, as such, be regarded as evidence?
Can we say, with respect to reality, that "I AM not just What I AM"? That, aside from things actually existing or having been in the past, the real possibilities too must be treated as part ...
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Why does Thomas Aquinas conclude that the First Mover is God?
It appears to me that the First Mover of any motion must not move only with respect to the change it is producing, but otherwise could be moved in a way unrelated to what it is changing, or moved ...
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Could God rule out solipsism, simulation theory and similar scenarios?
The god of abrahamic religions is typically said to be omnipotent an omniscient. However, how could such a god rule out solipsism, simulation theory and things like that? Consider the following ...
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Why Do They Always Say to Keep The Faith On The Unknown, To Be Liberated? [closed]
Almost all the pious pundits and religious gurus preach us to keep the faith or take a leap of faith to be liberated. I don't understand, what is the faith all about and what to keep the faith on? ...
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Are there any reasons why a religious believer would want to avoid a theodicy?
A theodicy responds to the problem of evil which objects the existence of God, so it appears that a religious believer should want to devise a theodicy. however, there must be good reasons why ...
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How is it possible that focusing on a topic and focusing on your brain's process of doing it are not the same thing?
This question is different from How to live the present instead of just surviving?. It's about an apparent contradiction in general whereas that one is specifically asking how to live in the present ...
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Is "God" real from a scientific perspective? [closed]
Study Maps The Odd Structural Similarities Between The Human Brain And The Universe
Are Neural Networks About to Reinvent Physics?
The world as a neural network
Many other references are available in ...
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Can we define the notion of an "omnipotent God" in terms of computational power?
A classic omnipotence paradox asks, "can an omnipotent God create a stone so heavy that He cannot lift it?" The problem here is that we take omnipotence to mean "capable of anything ...
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How common is the notion of God taking a break from work?
In Judeo-Christian tradition, the day when God finished creating the earth is the day of rest.
“and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. ”
Does this idea appear in other ...
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What is free will? [duplicate]
I'm sorry if I'm wasting anyone's time with a dumb question but I'll try to explain the way I see things.
So, if God created a world where you can't levitate, see through walls etc, and I want to do ...
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Does the requirement to use preferred gender pronous preclude the participation of people whose faith teaches that gender cannot be changed?
There are numerous cases where the views held by different people clash. Homosexual intercourses are one such obvious example: many religious denominations (for example Catholicism) consider them ...
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Material Consequence to Religion
I have heard many people reduce the argument for religious systems of belief and action to their material benefit. A most cited argument is that the Book of Leviticus and its guidelines for nutrition ...
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What is the name behind the concept of believing in God based on this logical deduction?
From my memories, there is a well defined definition / concept / name for the following:
A scientist chose to believe in the Christian God because of the following logic:
If God does exist, then you ...
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Can a Woman truly fall in love with the Devil? If so, will she go to Heaven or Hell, after her life? Why? [closed]
I'm a Christian Baptist, and this is not a troll, I'm genuinely interested in an honest and in-depth answer, regarding all science and religious philosophy, both mysticism and pragmatism. The question,...
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Did Augustine try to prove God's existence using Set Theory?
Some time ago I heard a professor of mine describe Augustine's Confessions as an attempt to prove God's existence using set theory. I didn't get a chance to ask him more of what he meant, and ...
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Non-theism is neither Theism nor Atheism?
Here is my understanding of the subject
Theism
Theism is broadly defined as the belief in the existence of a Supreme Being or deities.
Theism
Non theism
Nontheism has generally been used to ...
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Can there be more than one omnipotent being?
Assuming that an omnipotent being could exist, can more than one coexist each other?
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What is the difference between the spiritual and the metaphysical
According to this (old) page, metaphysics is the study of things beyond anything humans can perceive. Because of this fact, metaphysics is relatively faith-based discipline and, compared to science, ...
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Does the word "absurd" have specialized meaning in philosophical discourse?
This is essentially about William Lane Craig's publications on (his version of) the Kalam cosmological argument. Craig is constantly talking about "absurdities" that result from considering infinite ...
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Shouldn't reasoned agnosticism dissolve into atheism concerning most world religions?
Agnosticism is typically understood as maintaining the general premise that there are insufficient rational grounds for either accepting or rejecting claims like "God exists" or "God does not exist".
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Should one be able to obtain a sociology or philosophy degree through verbal measures without classes or written tests? [closed]
I'm really just trying to find out what someone thinks is accurate an efficient according to the comparison of some critics, an or professionals. ...
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What are the origins and evolution of mythology/religions?
Hegel in his famous book "Phenomenology of the Spirit" describes the evolution of the human mind. I am wondering if any philosophers have described the evolution of religions and where the idea come ...
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Do stories contain "Meta-truth"? Jordan Peterson
I am hoping someone can help me find what is wrong and/or right with the idea of "meta-truth". I am also curious as to what can be problematic. ..I don't think "meta-truth" is defined officially.
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Liberation and religions
Religion is always for a group; but philosophy is not so. One person alone cannot be a religion. It is quite natural that there is a bond (a feeling of my and my men) among the members of a religion ...
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The impact of a pandemic: Whether changes would happen in religions as well as science
This question (Are we all ‘atheist’ or 'agnostic in a pandemic'?) made me think about the impact of corona in a different way:
Not just some eastern philosophers but ecologists and ...
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Is there any philosophy which proposes that whatever you believe or imagine is true or exists?
Every day, we have conflicts with almost everyone about what we think and what we believe (there are religious conflicts, conflicts of opinions...). Also, there are people who think about alternative ...
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Are we all ‘atheist’ or 'agnostic in a pandemic'? [closed]
Saudi Arabia is a deeply religious country. Most of the people in the Persian Gulf nation pray five times a day, 35 times a week, 140 times a month and 1,680 times a year. But they banned pilgrimages (...
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Having S5 system Why we need to use WPSR in Gale Pruss New cosmological arguement?
As you know Gale_ Pruss improved The cosmological argument using WPSR instead of Strong PSR.
They in their 1999 article said if it be possibly that there be a God who freely created the world using ...
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Would an all-powerful God still be all-powerful if they can never do evil?
God is perfectly good, and so never does any evil. God is also all-powerful, so God can do anything that is logically possible.
But, it's logically possible for there to be a bad world (a world with ...
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Experts in which area can be considered relevant / authoritive to validating religious claims?
Some consider that in today's word a layperson should rest their opinion on problems of field X what the majority of experts of field X say. (RationalWiki link) Quoting this article:
When ...
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Why is maximizing expected value always rational according to Pascal? [duplicate]
In the modern version of Pascal's wager argument, we assume an infinite value to ending up in heaven, and hence an infinite expected value for choosing to believe in god.
I do not understand why this ...
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Why do we need repetitive demonstration to accept miracles happening?
From the highest upvoted answer on Is any aspect of the supernatural testable? What level of proof is possible for the supernatural?:
However, you are probably wasting your time on the various ...
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Is there an hypothesis about global features of polytheism and if so, what is it? [closed]
I understand that the fundamental well accepted definition of polytheism is usually
The worship of two or more god deities
But from studying about philosophy of god (concepts of god) and ...
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Under what conditions would we have to accept that the supernatural has influenced reality?
One of the most common arguments raised by the rationalists against religious faiths is that many claims made by the religious tend to be unfalsifiable. Many times we hear or read arguments in the ...
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Why does an explanation involving a "person" appeal?
If the common source of the natural order and the karmic order is
impersonal, we are still in need of some account of how and why it
would be such as to produce these two quite different sorts of ...
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Does omnipotence entail omniscience?
Twice this week, in academic works, I came across the "idea" that omnipotence implies omniscience. I don't remember the first place I encountered it (I'm trying to remember, and if I do I'll add it to ...
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What are some non-traditional arguments for God's existence?
By traditional arguments, I mean argument widely and traditionally used for existence of God like:
Cosmological argument,
Teleological argument,
Moral argument,
Ontological argument,
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Why does religion eventually disintegrate into sects? [closed]
I'm currently reading Ancient History of India and I have the following question - It has been widely documented that religion is divided into sects on account of differences in the interpretations of ...
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The conflict of creationism and evolution. How can we know the truth?
the demands of evolution and creation cannot
be reconciled with each other because they represent two
fundamentally different, mutually hostile, and mutually
exclusive systems. They do not ...
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Is classical theism 'spiritually' equivalent to atheism?
Classical theists believe that God is simple, in the sense described by the doctrine of divine simplicity. God has no parts, has no distinct essences, God's essence is God's existence, God is pure ...
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What should a Christian do when reasoning conflicts with revelation
Christianity is said to be a lifestyle and it's beyond a mere religion. (rev Chris oyakilome) Evey religion can as well hold that claim because religion is a set of belief and practices. Given that ...
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How to evaluate the impersonal God and the personal God? [closed]
How to evaluate the impersonal God and the personal God?
Aristotle holds the former view, while Aquinas, Islam and Judaism in the Middle Ages hold the latter view.
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What is the difference between Theology and philosophy of Religion?
Wikipedia explains it as follows
The philosophy of religion has been distinguished from theology by pointing out that, for theology, "its critical reflections are based on religious convictions". ...
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After a religious ceremony, will the animal offerings be eaten? [closed]
In Africa, the deities and spirits are often honored through the sacrifice of animals.
After the ceremony, would the animals be eaten by people? I know that in Asia, some people would eat the animal ...
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Neo-liberal capitalism
In an academic paper I am trying to argue that there is a stark difference between neoliberal capitalism and traditional religions (Islam, Christianity, Buddhism etc.). Do you know of any philosopher ...
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Is this argument valid, and will the God accept this motivation of praying?
To me, given my limited religious understanding, it is really probable for Islam to be true, but I am not 100% sure. I just don't know the truth. However, I see this to be problematic: this not being ...
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Solution to the Grandfather's paradox - Inverse reincarnation? [closed]
One of the premises of the grandfather paradox in time travel is that of inconsistency. I.e, going back in time to kill your grandfather or grandmother prevents your birth. The solution is simple, ...
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Can any Christian action truly be morally good?
If someone does a morally good action because they fear God, which is a selfish motive, surely this means it is not a morally selfless action.
In the same way, if any morally good action is not ...
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