PHL-200 Lecture 2: PHL 200 Lecture 2: Philosophy Notes: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

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Theistic religion: believe in a one true god . Non-theistic religion: do not believe in a one true god . That than which no greater is possible. : personal (conscious & cognitive; all-knowing) being who creates the whole natural order, volitional wills: all good; morally perfect. *augustine: all perfect, loving, and just : a being with powers. All powerful (can do all that is logically possible: perfect being, perfect being, uncreated/super-nature. Everything except for god is part of the natural order because god is timeless and wont change (augustine: self-su cient, eternal; everlastingness; in nite temporal duration, unchanging; cannot change if he"s timeless, necessary to the universe. Doesn"t need to reject methodological naturalism (natural phenomenon) Methodological naturalism (natural phenomenon): views that every natural phenomenon has a natural explanation. * doctrine of creation is not the same as creationism* God of the gaps : some things can"t be explained naturalistically.

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