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What did the author intend by naming his book "The Existence of God"? Most reviewers who thought this was a well argued book did not see the fundamental flaw which renders every one of his arguments meaningless. Most, if not all, of the arguments are not new and they have all been refuted in substance elsewhere by philosphers. I shall thus only comment on the fundamental flaw (which has also not escape rational thinkers). It was plain that the object of the book was show by means of "philosophical" arguments that "God" exists; and, implicitly, that theists can take comfort that they can now use this book to deny that their belief in "God" was only an article of faith that cannot be proven. If this was meant to be a philosophical approach, and the arguments are philosophical arguments, the author, if he were a philosopher, would begain by defining the object that is being proved. Nowhere in this book has the author defined "God". Nowhere does he say that "By 'God' I meant that it is (a), (b), and (c), and I shall now proceed to prove (a), (b), and (c). Without defining "God", the author's entire inductive argument, for example, can just as well prove the existence of "Ogd". He did m

Who reads The Existence of God?

Author

Swinburne, Richard

Publisher

Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780191709357

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Religion, Christian

Rating

3.8 / 5 (94 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14