New proofs for the existence of God: contributions of contemporary physics and philosophy
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| adam_text | Contents
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
1
I. The Contemporary Theistic Scene
3
II. Why Are These Proofs New?
A Brief History of the Five Approaches
4
ill. The Rest of the Book
10
PART ONE
Indications of Creation and Superaatural Design
in Contemporary Big Bang Cosmology
13
Introduction to Part One
13
Chapter One: Indications of Creation in Big Bang Cosmology
14
Introduction
14
I. The Big Bang Theory
14
II. Can Science Indicate Creation?
22
III. Arguments for a Beginning of the Universe
in Big Bang Cosmology
24
HI. A. The Second Law of Thermodynamics
24
HI. B. Why a Bouncing Universe Cannot
Have Been Bouncing Forever
27
vu
Contents
III. C.
Space-Tïme
Geometry Arguments
for a Beginning of Time
30
III. D.
Quantum Cosmology
32
III. E.
The Borde-Vilenkin-Guth Theorem s Boundary
to Past Time
33
IV. Conclusion
43
V. Metaphysical Implications
44
Chapter Two: Indications of Supernatural Design in
Contemporary Big Bang Cosmology
47
Introduction
47
I. Universal Constants
52
I.A.
Constants of Space and Time
53
I.B. Energy Constants
55
I.C. Individuating Constants
55
I.D.
Large-Scale and Fine-Structure Constants
56
II. The Extreme Improbability of Our Anthropic Universe
57
III. Many Universes or Supernatural Design?
67
Conclusion to Part One
73
Postscript to Part One: Inflationary Cosmology and the String
Multiverse, by Bruce L. Gordon, Ph.D.
75
Introduction
75
I. All Inflationary Cosmologies Must Have a Beginning
and a Transcendent Cause
75
I.A.
String Cosmologies Entail a Beginning and a
Transcendent Cause
77
I.A.1. A Primer on String Theory
77
I.Â.2.
Steinhardt-Turok Cyclic Ekpyrotic Universes
Require a Beginning and a Transcendent Cause
80
I.A.3.
Gasperini-
Veneziano Pre-Big-Bang
Scenarios
Require a Beginning and a Transcendent Cause
81
I.B. Deflationary Intermezzo for Strings
83
IL A
Preliminary Assessment of Inflationary Cosmology
84
vui
Contents
III. All Inflationary and Non-Inflationary Cosmologies Appear
to Require a Beginning and Transcendent Cause
86
IV. Inflation and Cosmological Fine-Tuning
87
V. Fine-Tuning and String Cosmology
90
VI. Conclusion
102
PART TWO
Three Philosophical Proofs for the Existence of God
105
Introduction to Part Two: Methodological Presuppositions of
Philosophical Proof: Reasonable and Responsible Belief
105
Chapter Three: A Metaphysical Argument for God s Existence
110
Introduction
110
I. Step One: Proof of the Existence of at Least One
Unconditioned Reality 111
I.A.
Complete Disjunction Elucidating the Whole
Range of Possibilities for All Reality 111
I.A.1. Definitions 111
I.A.2. Consequences of the Complete Disjunction
112
I.B. Proof That Hypothesis F Must Be False for
Any Conditioned Reality
114
I.C. Proof That Hypothesis ~F Must Be False for Any
Conditioned Reality
116
I.D.
Proof That a Circular Set of Conditions Is False
for Any Conditioned Reality
117
I.E. Conclusion: There Must Exist at Least One
Unconditioned Reality in All Reality
119
LE
Another Refutation of Hypothesis ~UR
120
II. Step Two: Proof That Unconditioned Reality Itself Is
the Simplest Possible Reality
121
H.A.
The Principle of Simplicity
122
II.B. Unconditioned Reality Itself Must Be the Simplest
Possible Reality
128
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III. Step Three: Proof of the Absolute Uniqueness of
Unconditioned Reality Itself
132
IV. Step Four: Proof That Unconditioned Reality Itself
Is Unrestricted 135
V. Step Five: Proof That the One Unconditioned Reality
Is the Continuous Creator of All Else That Is
140
V.A. The Unique, Absolutely Simple, Unrestricted,
Unconditioned Reality Itself Is the Creator of
All Else That Is
140
V.B. The Creator Must Continuously Create All Else
That Is Real
142
Conclusion
143
Chapter Four: A Lonerganian Proof for God s Existence
144
Introduction
144
I. Definitions of Understanding and Intelligibility
146
II. Proof of the Existence of God
153
ILA.
There Must Be at Least One Unconditioned Reality
154
II.B. An Unconditioned Reality Must Be Unrestricted
Intelligibility
156
U.C.
Unrestricted Intelligibility Must Be Unique
—
One and Only One
163
II.D. Unique, Unrestricted Intelligibility Must
Be an Unrestricted Act of Understanding
—
Understanding Itself
168
U.E.
All Other Intelligibility Besides the One Unrestricted
Act of Understanding Must Be Restricted and Be
a Thought Content of the One Unrestricted Act of
Understanding
172
ILE
Conclusion to the Proof
174
III. The Mystery of Human Understanding: The Notion of Being
174
Chapter Five: Proof of a Creator of Past Time
177
Introduction
177
I. An Analytical Contradiction
180
Contents
II.
An Ontological
Explanation of Real Time
183
ILA.
Description, Scientific Explanation, and
Ontological Explanation
185
II.B. An Ontological Explanation of Space
186
U.C.
Real Time
187
U.C.
1.
Existential Non-Coincidence
187
II.C.2.Real Time as a Non-Contemporaneous
Distensive
Manifold
188
П.С.З.Тіте
as the Limiting Condition of Existence
189
II.CAThe Succession of Time and the Asymmetry
of Events
191
II.C.5. Manifestations of Real Time
193
III. Hubert s Prohibition of Actual Infinities
197
III. A. Three Kinds of Infinity
197
III.B. The Mathematical Prohibition of C-Infinities
201
IV. A Formal Argument Against the Infinity of Past Time
in Any Changeable Universe
204
V. Proof of a Creator of Past Time Which Is Not Itself
Conditioned by Time
210
Conclusion
215
Chapter Six: Methodological Considerations and the
Impossibility of Disproving God
216
Introduction
216
I. Common Methodological Elements
216
I.A.
Complete Disjunction Within
Metaphysical Assertions
217
I.B. The Notion of Infinity
219
I.C. Causality
220
II. Three Approaches to the Notion of God
225
HI. The Impossibility of Disproving the Existence of God
229
IV. The Tenuous Rationality of Atheism
232
xi
Contents
PART THREE
The
Transcendentais:
The Divine and Human Mysteries
239
Introduction to Part Three
239
Chapter Seven: The Divine Mystery: Five
Transcendentais
242
Introduction
242
I. The Interrelationship Among Absolute Simplicity,
Perfect Unity, and Unrestricted Understanding
242
II. The Ontological Status of Love, the Good, and the Beautiful
245
H.A.
The Ontological Status of Love
246
II.B. The Ontological Status of the Good
248
U.C.
The Ontological Status of the Beautiful
253
Conclusion
257
Chapter Eight: The Human Mystery: Five Yearnings
for the Ultimate
259
Introduction
259
I. The Desire for Perfect Truth
259
II. The Desire for Perfect Love
266
III. The Desire for Perfect Justice/Goodness
268
IV. The Desire for Perfect Beauty
277
V. The Desire for Perfect Home
281
Conclusion to Part Three: The Divine and Human Mysteries
285
CONCLUSION
Five Questions Toward the Unconditional Love of God
287
References
292
Index
308
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