Reasons for Believing in God
Admitting that the idea of God arises through an imaginative process of thought which attributes our interests to a supposed Cosmic Being, this article attempts to analyze more closely the validity of this process. It is indisputable that our life is what it is because of its response to stimuli. Wh...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
1923
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The journal of religion
Year: 1923, Volume: 3, Issue: 6, Pages: 598-615 |
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| Summary: | Admitting that the idea of God arises through an imaginative process of thought which attributes our interests to a supposed Cosmic Being, this article attempts to analyze more closely the validity of this process. It is indisputable that our life is what it is because of its response to stimuli. What are the stimuli which occasion religious beliefs? There seems to be no valid reason for restricting cosmic stimuli to mere mechanical forces. Taking all the facts of experience into account, the most reasonable hypothesis is the affirmation of personal factors in the total cosmic environment. Skepticism as to the existence of God is compared with the solipsistic skepticism as to the reality of an external world. |
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| ISSN: | 1549-6538 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/480396 |