Best Theistic Arguments

[Neo-Scholastic]

Neo-Scholastic

Hammy:
That's a positive claim. Prove it.

The God of Classical Theism. Your turn...

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Classical theism is a form of theism in which God is characterized as the absolutely metaphysically ultimate being, in contrast to other conceptions such as Pantheism, Panentheism, Polytheism and Process Theism.

So far so good. But then...

Whereas most theists agree that God is, at a minimum, all-knowing, all-powerful, and completely good, some classical theists go further and conceive of God as completely transcendent (totally independent of all else), simple, and having such attributes as immutability, impassibility, and timelessness.

Some classical theists go further? You mean they can't agree on what classical theism is? How can this be?

Classical theism is associated with the tradition of writers like Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, St. Anselm, Maimonides, Averroes and Thomas Aquinas.

OK. But then...

In opposition to this tradition, there are, today, philosophers like Alvin Plantinga (who rejects divine simplicity), Richard Swinburne (who rejects divine timelessness) and William Lane Craig (who rejects both divine simplicity and timelessness),

In opposition? Surely they jest!

So Neo, tell me again how simple the definition of classical theism, is. You know, given that theologians are unable to define it

Wiki My highlights.

That's like saying you don't accept the findings of physics because relativity and quantum mechanics haven't been fully reconciled OR punctuated versus gradual evolution. Are you suggesting that people shouldn't accept evolutionary theory because it hasn't been fully explicated? Do you really want to find your arguments stimied by some creationist suggesting that evolution, broadly defined, cannot be true because there are multiple theories about abiogenesis and mutation mechanisms?

Every field of inquiry has it's own internal disputes despite broad areas of agreement. Demanding full and complete specifications of God, like you're just, is nothing more than a disingenuous dodge.