God, Freedom and ImmortalityThis text offers a comprehensive treatment of the Philosophy of Religion. Its overall conclusions are that, though there is no reason to suppose there is a God, doing something that is not quite believing in god, who, as some mystics think - neither exists nor does not exist, may be valuable for some people. |
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Meaning and the Word God | 7 |
The Impossibility of Rational Theology | 52 |
Objections to Empiricism | 66 |
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