Hossein Khatibi; rasoul rasoulipour; Amirabbas Alizamani
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The Divine hiddenness argument, as presented by Canadian philosopher, John L. Schellenberg, is one of the atheistic arguments based on which, lack of sufficient evidence for theism is itself an evidence against theism. Since the argument was set forth, a lot of thinkers have made some efforts to rebut ...
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The Divine hiddenness argument, as presented by Canadian philosopher, John L. Schellenberg, is one of the atheistic arguments based on which, lack of sufficient evidence for theism is itself an evidence against theism. Since the argument was set forth, a lot of thinkers have made some efforts to rebut it, a lot of which have opted a super-structural attitude while others have gone for a sub-structural approach, one of whom is Michael C. Rea. He holds that through considering some misconstrued conceptions and presuppositions which are hidden behind the hiddenness argument, one can figure the confutation of this argument. After briefly articulating the hiddenness argument itself and Rea's responses to the argument, this article aims at inspecting and critically analyzing his rebuttal. The conclusion which will be eventually put forth is that although Rea has pointed us toward a betted direction in order to analyze and inspect the hiddenness argument, but if we use a reflexive approach and use his methodology on his own ideas, one will be able to discern that they can't reach to their desired target.
Mahdi Saatchi; Mohammad Sa’idi Mehr; rasoul rasoulipour
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According to the Abrahamic religions, God is the absolute Ultimate reality. Metaphysical necessity confronts us with truths that are absolutely necessary and do not seem to say anything about God, such as "water = H2O". Here we encounter the Euthyphro dilemma, but not in the realm of ethics but in the ...
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According to the Abrahamic religions, God is the absolute Ultimate reality. Metaphysical necessity confronts us with truths that are absolutely necessary and do not seem to say anything about God, such as "water = H2O". Here we encounter the Euthyphro dilemma, but not in the realm of ethics but in the realm of metaphysics; Are the necessary truths true because God has affirms them or God has affirms them because they themselves are true? In the first case, the absolute necessity of necessary truths is challenged, and in the second case, the absolute sovereignty and ultimacy of God is challenged. The main answer of the theologians to resolve this conflict is to base the necessary truths on the essence of God. Brian Leftow criticizes this approach, which he calls the "Deity theory," and argues that accepting these theories for all necessary truths requires the dependence of the divine essence on truths that are not about God and are merely about creatures. This article critically explains and analyzes Leftow's view.
rasoul rasoulipour; hassan sarayloo
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The ideal of the utopia wraped with justice and peace, and the suffering caused by the bitter realities of human social life such as injustice and poverty, have forced many philosophers of religion to provide a prescription for a brighter future for humankind. Multmann wrote his Theology of Hope with ...
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The ideal of the utopia wraped with justice and peace, and the suffering caused by the bitter realities of human social life such as injustice and poverty, have forced many philosophers of religion to provide a prescription for a brighter future for humankind. Multmann wrote his Theology of Hope with an emphasis on the eschatological promise in the midst of the World War II following the compilation of a synthesized doctrine of Marxism and Christianity. He accompanied the promised future of human life history by a novel reading of social Trinity and bound them in the kingdom of Justice and peace of God. Moltmann stated that the divine promise along with faith in God, which was fulfilled in the unique event of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection, is the basis of God's moral judgment and love for man. Using a documentary analytical method, by reviewing the most important works of first period of Jürgen Multmann's theology, this article critically considers his innovative model, namely the eschatological interpretation of the promise through explanation and analysis of what and why it is, and the philosophical and theological origin of the promise, and the relationship between the promise and faith, love, hope and action.
