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* The [[wikipedia:anthropic argument|anthropic argument]] focuses on basic facts, such as our existence, to prove God. | * The [[wikipedia:anthropic argument|anthropic argument]] focuses on basic facts, such as our existence, to prove God. | ||
* The [[wikipedia:moral argument|moral argument]] argues that objective morality exists and that therefore God exists. | * The [[wikipedia:moral argument|moral argument]] argues that objective morality exists and that therefore God exists. | ||
| − | * The [[wikipedia:transcendental argument for the existence of God]] argues that logic, [[science]], [[ethics]], and other things we take seriously do not make sense if there is no God, and that atheist arguments must therefore ultimately refute themselves if pressed with rigorous consistency. (By contrast, | + | * The [[wikipedia:transcendental argument for the existence of God|transcendental argument for the existence of God]] argues that logic, [[science]], [[ethics]], and other things we take seriously do not make sense if there is no God, and that atheist arguments must therefore ultimately refute themselves if pressed with rigorous consistency. (By contrast, its criticisms include a [[wikipedia:transcendental argument for the existence of God#Criticisms|transcendental argument for the non-existence of God]].) |
* The [[wikipedia:Will to Believe Doctrine|Will to Believe Doctrine]] was pragmatist philosopher William James' attempt to prove God by showing that the adoption of theism as a hypothesis "works" in a believer's life. This doctrine depended heavily on James' pragmatic theory of truth where beliefs are proven by how they work when adopted rather than by proofs before they are believed (a form of the hypothetico-deductive method). | * The [[wikipedia:Will to Believe Doctrine|Will to Believe Doctrine]] was pragmatist philosopher William James' attempt to prove God by showing that the adoption of theism as a hypothesis "works" in a believer's life. This doctrine depended heavily on James' pragmatic theory of truth where beliefs are proven by how they work when adopted rather than by proofs before they are believed (a form of the hypothetico-deductive method). | ||
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===arguments from history=== | ===arguments from history=== | ||
* The [[wikipedia:Christological argument|argument from the life of Jesus]] asserts that [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]] claimed to be the Son of God, that in this he was either deluded, deceitful or truthful, and that it is possible to assess Jesus's character sufficiently from the accounts of his life and teaching to rule out the first two possibilities. | * The [[wikipedia:Christological argument|argument from the life of Jesus]] asserts that [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]] claimed to be the Son of God, that in this he was either deluded, deceitful or truthful, and that it is possible to assess Jesus's character sufficiently from the accounts of his life and teaching to rule out the first two possibilities. | ||