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We present some brief considerations concerning arguments about the existence of God. Drawing on the claims made in Chapter 3, we treat exemplar ontological, cosmological and teleological arguments and an exemplar logical argument from evil. We argue that, in every case, the chosen arguments are unsuccessful. The failure of these arguments tells us nothing about the reasonableness of belief — or absence of belief — in God.
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References and Further Reading
R. Swinburne (1979) The Existence of God Oxford: Clarendon;
J. Mackie (1982) The Miracle of Theism Oxford: Clarendon;
A. Plantinga (2000) Warranted Christian Belief Oxford: Oxford University Press;
J. Sobel (2004) Logic and Theism Cambridge: Cambridge University Press;
W. Craig and J. Moreland (eds.) (2009) The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology Maiden: Wiley-Blackwell;
G. Oppy and N. Trakakis (eds.) (2009) The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, 5 volumes, London: Acumen.
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Oppy, G. (2014). Postscript. In: Reinventing Philosophy of Religion: An Opinionated Introduction. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137434562_11
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