multiverse deism

By: Royce Harper, Leland

In this project I argue for the plausibility of a deistic God, rather than the God of classical theism, given the existence of a particular kind of multiverse. Furthermore, I argue that the alternative of a deistic God has some aspects that make it preferential to the God of classical theism, specifically in dealing with certain arguments for atheism. The ideas discussed in this research project did not grow out of some long-held burning question that was within me, rather they evolved out of several different lines of thought and interests that I explored over the past several years. The initial thoughts for this research project was to explore and ultimately argue for the plausibility of deism as an alternative to classical theism. To demonstrate how a deistic conception of God could fare better against particular arguments for atheism than the classical conception of God could. As will be seen, that idea and discussion is still maintained and carried out in this project, but it has been expanded upon. In carrying out the research for the superiority of deism over classical theism, I still felt that there was an aspect missing, that is, there still needed to be a reason to accept deism in favor of classical theism other than simply because it may provide a better response to certain arguments for atheism. There needed to be some prior reason that called for a deistic God rather than the God of classical theism, allowing for an ontological view that would not be adopted simply as a means to reply to certain objections, but for an ontological view that would be adopted on independent grounds and would subsequently be able to satisfactorily address many objections in ways better than classical theism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1835203930
• ISBN13: 9781835203934
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Sunielhb
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"