Thinking about God : First Steps in Philosophy

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part One: Introduction; 1 Why Bother Thinking About God?; 2 What Is Philosophy?; 3 You Cannot Prove God's Existence; 4 What About Faith?; 5 Can We Be Neutral?; 6 Where Do We Begin?; Part Two: Reasons to Believe in God; 7 Starting at the Beginning: Why Is There Anything at All?; 8 Starting at the Beginning: Must the Universe Have a Cause?; 9 Starting at the Beginning: Must the First Cause Be God?; 10 Looking at the Details: Design and Designers; 11 Looking at the Details: Darwin and Design. 12 Looking at the Details: Fine-Tuning and Design13 Looking at the Details: Many Worlds and Small Chances; 14 Looking in the Mirror: Moral Reality; 15 Looking in the Mirror: Moral Facts Point to God; 16 Reasons to Believe: The Cumulative Case; Part Three: God and Evil; 17 The Square Circle Objection; 18 God and Evil Reconciled; 19 Reasons God Could Have to Allow Evil; 20 Freedom and Determinism: A Chapter You Might Want to Skip; 21 The Unicorn Objection; 22 Is There an Elephant in the Room?; Part Four: What Is God Like?; 23 Beginning to Think About What God Is Like; 24 What Can God Do? 25 What Can God Know?26 Can God Know the Future?; 27 Does God Communicate?; Some Suggestions for Further Reading; Index; Praise for Thinking About God; About the Author; More Titles from InterVarsity Press; Academic Textbook Selector.