Seldom do you come across a book that delivers on
its promises as much as Yujin Nagasawa’s The
Existence of God. In four clearly
written chapters Nagasawa deftly lays out the three traditional arguments for
the existence of God.
Part 1 deals with the Ontological argument in its
various incarnations, from Anselm to Godol.
Part 2 handles evolution verses intelligent design, showing the relative
absurdity of modern intelligent design arguments. Part 3 shows the cosmological argument, its
relation to the Big Bang Theory, and current work with infinity and the so-called Kalam cosmological argument. Part
4 deals with scraps of theories, like Pascal’s Wager, and some of the moral
arguments for God’s existence.
All in all, this is the best introductory book I
have read on natural theology. Concise
yet boldly explanatory, detailed without getting bogged down in them, Nagasawa
provides a work that his perfect for the intelligent seeker looking to
understand how the mind can grope toward an understanding of God’s existence without
recourse to faith or mysticism.
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