Criticisms of Anselm’s Ontological Argument (April 23, 2012)

Anselm of Canterbury is most famous for his Ontological Argument for the existence of God, which is that "God is the greatest necessary being that which may be thought of" (paraphrase). Although this argument has been presented as unassailable and irrefutable, there have been, however, some very important attempted refutations […]

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Karl Barth’s “Protestant Theology in the Nineteenth Century” (March 2, 2012)

Karl Barth's "Protestant Theology in the Nineteenth Century: It's background and history" is a history book about the liberal protestant theologians from 1700-1900 AD written by an expert of this era including the most influential liberal Protestant theologians of the Enlightenment: Rousseau, Lessing, Kant, Herder, Novalis, Hegel, Schleiermacher, Wegscheider, De […]

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