The core idea of the ontological proof is to show that the concept of existence is somehow contained in the concept of God, and that therefore God’s existence can be logically derived – without any further assumptions about the external world – from the very idea, or definition, of God. Now, G.W. Leibniz has argued repeatedly that the traditional versions of the ontological proof are not fully ...

HIS GREATNESS What splendid power and greatness God displayed by His creation. The Creator is a fortiori greater than His creation. Isaiah declared that Israel's God holds in the hollow of one hand all the water of the sea, and with the outstretched fingers of His other hand measures the expanse of the sky. Isaiah then added that God could take all the dust of the earth and pour it into His lit...

We investigate the problem of how nonnatural entities are represented by examining university students' concepts of God, both professed theological beliefs and concepts used in comprehension of narratives. In three story processing tasks, subjects often used an anthropomorphic God concept that is inconsistent with stated theological beliefs; and drastically distorted the narratives without any ...

A method of tethering a mediator to an enzymatic membrane was studied. Glucose oxidase (GOD) and ferrocene redox polymer were immobilized in cross-linked poly (vinyl alcohol) (CLPVA) with bovine serum albumin (BSA) added as a protein stabilizer. Redox hydrogel polyallylamine ferrocene was prepared by cross-linking polyallylamine hydrochloride with glutaraldehyde and attaching the ferrocene cova...

Our second resembles it slightly. Newton, Jeans, and Planck have used "God" to account for things they could not explain. Biologists, ignorant of mechanisms underlying functions, have introduced "Nature," "Vital Force," "Nervous Energy," "the Unconscious," or some other pseudonym for God. Each of these supposititious explanations, to quote Sir Thomas Browne, "puts the honest Father to the refug...

Recent studies have found that activating religious cognition by priming techniques can enhance prosocial behavior, arguably because religious concepts carry prosocial associations. But many of these studies have primed multiple concepts simultaneously related to the sacred. We argue here that religion and God are distinct concepts that activate distinct associations. In particular, we examine ...

theory about the origins, process and structure of the universe. Theologies and cosmologies outline how the universe happened, how it works and how it continues to happen. Consider how the Medieval world worked, according to both theologians and scientists. The universe was a three-story apartment building. Heaven on the penthouse, full of stars and God. Earth on the middle floor, housing peopl...

In this paper I critically examine Brian Leftow’s attempt to construct a theistic semantics for counterpossibles, one that can be used to make sense of the fact that propositions, which exist necessarily, nevertheless depend on God as their cause. I argue that the impressive theoretical framework erected by Leftow cannot guarantee an asymmetrical dependence of propositions on God, and ultimatel...

“All humanists agree that religion is not based on reason” [1a]. This statement, in many different forms, has been popularized for hundreds of years. A major purpose for the 1978-1979 modeling procedures introduced into theology is to establish that all such statements are false. Jesus Christ is Scripturally described as the “great God and Saviour,” “the only-begotten God,” “the image of the in...