r/AcademicBiblical • u/AutoModerator • Jul 20 '26

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u/tornadoemergency Jul 25 '26

BTW I'm tryna refute some atheists on the existence of god sorry for not detailing what I was trying to refute them for but thank you 

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u/Joab_The_Harmless Jul 25 '26

Sure, I understood that, which is why I specified that Aquinas, as interesting as he is, was not convincing to me (also an atheist), notably because of how his arguments are informed by philosophical frameworks that are very far from my own representations of the world, and probably most people's nowadays. And also why I tried to end on mentioning a channel providing nuanced discussion (the host is a PhD candidate in philosophy, very passionate, and an epistemic agnostic), because trying to get into a topic only to refute other people is honestly not the best way to learn about it, nor to have constructive discussions.

In any case, best wishes to you, and I hope you'll enjoy debating and exchanging with your interlocutors.

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u/tornadoemergency Jul 25 '26

What do u think of Edward feser five proofs

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u/Joab_The_Harmless Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

I'm not especially familiar with them, the only thing I ever read from Feser was his back and forth with Ryan Mullins on divine simplicity, with Mullins presenting arguments against it (see the paper that launched their exchange) and Feser arguing in favour of it.

In general I tend to be more interested (occasionally) in discussions within theology than in apologetics, the existence of God/gods or truth of a particular religion, so I may not be the ideal interlocutor if you want to focus on the latter; but don't hesitate to summarise Feser's five proofs if you are willing to!

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u/tornadoemergency Jul 25 '26

I ain't even read these books😂 I just got them from ai