If one believes in God, what should one say is the answer to the question of why we are here? In this article, I hope to show that when we ask why we are here we ask several different questions at once and that Theism allows (indeed dictates) that these different questions have very different answers. Appreciating these differences can remove at least that perplexity generated when an answer which could well be plausible were it to be given in response to one question of God's purpose for us is mislocated and treated as if it were an answer to another
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You and I have been colleagues for ten years, during which we have tirelessly discussed the reasons ...
Whether God exists is a metaphysical question. But there is also a neglected evaluative question abo...
What does it take to live a meaningful life? Why are so many people in affluent nations so anxious a...
In this chapter, it is argued that the question of why there is anything at all is a legitimate one ...
It is sometimes assumed that the appropriate way to reflect on whether to believe in God is to consi...
Thomas loves to think about silly questions. (Are bats really mice with wings?) But other questions ...
Reason is the tool of our knowledge but in philosophy this tool encounters difficulties, especially,...
Why is there evil in the world? Why does God hide? Are we Christian just because of where and when w...
In this chapter, I address some difficulties that stand in the way of reaching an answer that will b...
It shouldn’t be beyond the wit of human beings to come up with a few clear thoughts on this topic. I...
At one point or another most of us have wondered if there were something more out there. Is there a ...
This article asks the reader to think about whether we are providing answers to questions that peopl...
Why believe that there is a God at all? My answer is that to suppose that there is a God explains wh...
Beliefs are founded upon the ultimate being as an ultimate cause or principle. Some claim that the u...
Many Christian and Muslim monotheists still endorse the contention of the apostle Paul that unbeliev...
You and I have been colleagues for ten years, during which we have tirelessly discussed the reasons ...
Whether God exists is a metaphysical question. But there is also a neglected evaluative question abo...
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