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are too remote and too obscure to afford me any true satisfaction. Men have thought to find God at the special creation of their own species, or active when mind or life first appeared on earth. They have made him God of the gaps in human knowledge. To me the God of the trigger is as little satisfying as the God of the gaps. It is because throughout the physical Universe I find thought and plan and power that behind it I see God as the creator.
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spiritual. There are gaps in a physical-chemical explanation of this world, and there always will be. Because science has learned many marvelous secrets of nature, it cannot be concluded that it can explain all phenomena. Meaning, soul, spirits, and life are subjects incapable of physical-chemical explanation or formation.
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shrink, potentially weakening the argument for God's existence. Critics contend that such an approach can undermine religious beliefs by suggesting that God only operates in the unexplained areas of our understanding, leaving little room for divine involvement in a comprehensive and coherent worldview.
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how wrong it is to use God as a stop-gap for the incompleteness of our knowledge. If in fact the frontiers of knowledge are being pushed further and further back (and that is bound to be the case), then God is being pushed back with them, and is therefore continually in retreat. We are to find God in
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This concept has been met with criticism and debate from various quarters. Detractors argue that this perspective is problematic as it seems to rely on gaps in human understanding and ignorance to make its case for the existence of God. As scientific knowledge continues to advance, these gaps tend to
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The concept was certainly present, but according to Southgate it was Coulson who devised the actual terminology which we now use and which has been adapted to provide the title of the present article. The idea that Coulson coined this phrase is supported by the fact that he used it without reference
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Must we then postulate Divine intervention? Are we to bring in God to create the first current of Laplace's nebula or to let off the cosmic firework of Lemaître's imagination? I confess an unwillingness to bring God in this way upon the scene. The circumstances which thus seem to demand his presence
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The term was invented as a criticism of people who perceive that God only acts in the gaps, and who restrict God's activity to such "gaps". It has also been argued that the God-of-the-gaps view is predicated on the assumption that any event which can be explained by science automatically excludes
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Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it. What worries thoughtful theologians such as Bonhoeffer is that gaps shrink as science advances, and God is threatened with eventually having
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but is only to be observed in mysteries unexplained by law. No significant Christian group has believed this view. It is true, however, if it be taken to emphasize that God is not only immanent in natural law but also is active in the numerous phenomena associated with the supernatural and the
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One example of such an argument, which uses God as an explanation of one of the current gaps in biological science, is as follows: "Because current science can't figure out exactly how life started, it must be God who caused life to start." Critics of
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It is theologically more satisfactory to look for evidence of God's actions within natural processes rather than apart from them, in much the same way that the meaning of a book transcends, but is not independent of, the paper and ink of which it is
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God-of-the-gaps arguments have been discouraged by some theologians who assert that such arguments tend to relegate God to the leftovers of science: as scientific knowledge increases, the dominion of God decreases.
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The "God of the gaps" argument, as traditionally advanced by scholarly Christians, was intended as a criticism against weak or tenuous faith, not as a statement against theism or belief in God.
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who point to the things that Science has not explained as presence of God — "gaps which they will fill up with God" — and urges them to embrace all nature as God's, as the work of "an
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There is no 'God of the gaps' to take over at those strategic places where science fails; and the reason is that gaps of this sort have the unpreventable habit of shrinking.
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It has been criticized by both theologians and scientists, who say that it is a logical fallacy to base belief in God on gaps in scientific knowledge. In this vein,
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was the "death knell" of the God-of-the-gaps. Bube also maintained that the God-of-the-gaps was not the same as the God of the Bible (that is, he was not making an
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can refer to a position that assumes an act of God as the explanation for an unknown phenomenon, which according to the users of the term, is a variant of an
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Earnest William Barnes, "Scientific Theory and Religion: The World Described by Science and Its Spiritual Interpretation", Cambridge University Press,
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against God per se, but rather asserting there was a fundamental problem with the perception of God as existing in the gaps of present-day knowledge).
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includes psychological explanations for developmental distortions leading to a person believing in a deity, particularly a male deity.
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inclinations, point to areas where science falls short in explaining natural phenomena as opportunities to insert the presence of a
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God, which is the God of Evolution, is infinitely grander than the occasional wonder-worker, who is the God of an old theology."
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The expression, "God of the Gaps," contains a real truth. It is erroneous if it is taken to mean that God is not immanent in
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The term "God of the gaps" is sometimes used in describing the incremental retreat of religious explanations of physical
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This article is about a philosophical argument. For the "gap" interpretation of the biblical creation account, see
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expressed the concept in similar terms in letters he wrote while in a Nazi prison. Bonhoeffer wrote, for example:
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God; that if God did not do something via direct action, that he had no role in it at all.
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fills in the gaps left by scientific knowledge, and that these gaps represent moments of
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in the face of increasingly comprehensive scientific explanations for those phenomena.
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concept that emerged in the 19th century and revolves around the idea that gaps in
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Richard H. Bube, "Man Come of Age: Bonhoeffer's Response to the God-Of-The-Gaps,"
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Not a Gap in Sight: Fifty Years of Charles Coulson's Science and Christian Belief
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The "God of the gaps" perspective has been criticized for its association with
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Either God is in the whole of Nature, with no gaps, or He's not there at all.
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Robert Larmer, "Is there anything wrong with 'God of the gaps' reasoning?"
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edited by Eberhard Bethge, translated by Reginald H. Fuller, Touchstone,
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or explanation and as a natural self-explanatory part of his argument.
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fallacy. Such an argument is sometimes reduced to the following form:
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Science and Christian Belief (The John Calvin McNair Lectures, 1954)
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Thomas Dixon "Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction" p. 45
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There is a gap in understanding of some aspect of the natural world.
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Charles Alfred Coulson (1955) Science and Christian Belief, p 20.
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God, Humanity and the Cosmos: A Textbook in Science and Religion
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See, e.g., Dinnerstein, Dorothy, The Mermaid and the Minotaur.
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The Human Quest: A New Look at Science and the Christian Faith
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Man Come of Age: Bonhoeffer’s Response to the God-Of-The-Gaps
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Man Come of Age: Bonhoeffer’s Response to the God-of-the-Gaps
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to criticism of the God-of-the-gaps argument. He noted that:
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Man come of Age: Bonhoeffer’s Response to the God-of-the-Gaps
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The term was then used in a 1971 book and a 1978 article, by
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church leader, often appearing in the religious programs of
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How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God
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Is there anything wrong with “God of the gaps” reasoning?
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Laird Harris 806: 667: 659:religious faith 612:God of the gaps 604: 526: 525: 473: 472:Related stances 465: 464: 431:De rerum natura 411: 403: 402: 354:Lawrence Krauss 349:Baron d'Holbach 314:Richard Dawkins 299:Mikhail Bakunin 278: 270: 269: 268: 254:Problem of Hell 249:Problem of evil 239:Parody religion 212: 202:God of the gaps 190: 175:Atheist's wager 166: 158: 157: 113: 105: 104: 85: 77: 76: 57: 35: 32:Gap creationism 28: 23: 22: 18:God of the Gaps 15: 12: 11: 5: 4443: 4441: 4433: 4432: 4427: 4417: 4416: 4410: 4409: 4399: 4396: 4395: 4392: 4391: 4388: 4387: 4385: 4384: 4379: 4373: 4371: 4365: 4364: 4362: 4361: 4356: 4351: 4346: 4341: 4335: 4333: 4327: 4326: 4324: 4323: 4318: 4316:Predestination 4313: 4308: 4303: 4298: 4288: 4286: 4280: 4279: 4277: 4276: 4271: 4265: 4263: 4257: 4256: 4254: 4253: 4248: 4243: 4238: 4233: 4228: 4223: 4218: 4213: 4208: 4203: 4198: 4193: 4188: 4183: 4178: 4173: 4171:Biblical canon 4168: 4163: 4157: 4155: 4145: 4144: 4141: 4134: 4133: 4130: 4129: 4126: 4125: 4123: 4122: 4117: 4112: 4107: 4102: 4096: 4094: 4087: 4086: 4084: 4083: 4078: 4073: 4068: 4063: 4058: 4053: 4048: 4043: 4038: 4033: 4028: 4027: 4026: 4014: 4009: 4004: 3999: 3994: 3989: 3984: 3979: 3969: 3967: 3966:Other concepts 3963: 3962: 3960: 3959: 3954: 3949: 3944: 3939: 3934: 3929: 3923: 3921: 3915: 3914: 3911: 3910: 3908: 3907: 3902: 3897: 3892: 3887: 3882: 3877: 3871: 3869: 3862: 3861: 3852: 3851: 3850: 3840: 3838:Apocalypticism 3835: 3829: 3827: 3821: 3820: 3818: 3817: 3812: 3807: 3802: 3797: 3792: 3787: 3782: 3777: 3772: 3767: 3762: 3756: 3754: 3752:Trinitarianism 3748: 3747: 3744: 3743: 3741: 3740: 3726: 3721: 3715: 3713: 3709: 3708: 3706: 3705: 3700: 3695: 3690: 3685: 3679: 3677: 3673: 3672: 3670: 3669: 3667:Zoroastrianism 3664: 3659: 3654: 3649: 3644: 3643: 3642: 3637: 3632: 3627: 3616: 3614: 3607: 3599: 3598: 3595: 3594: 3592: 3591: 3586: 3585: 3584: 3571: 3566: 3561: 3558: 3556: 3552: 3551: 3549: 3548: 3543: 3538: 3533: 3528: 3523: 3518: 3513: 3508: 3503: 3502: 3501: 3499:Urmonotheismus 3491: 3486: 3481: 3476: 3471: 3466: 3461: 3456: 3453: 3451: 3444: 3434: 3433: 3428: 3421: 3420: 3415: 3413: 3412: 3405: 3398: 3390: 3381: 3380: 3378: 3377: 3364: 3363: 3358: 3352: 3349: 3348: 3346: 3345: 3340: 3335: 3330: 3325: 3320: 3315: 3310: 3305: 3300: 3295: 3290: 3285: 3279: 3277: 3273: 3272: 3269: 3268: 3265: 3264: 3261: 3260: 3258: 3257: 3255:Restorationism 3252: 3247: 3242: 3236: 3234: 3230: 3229: 3227: 3226: 3221: 3216: 3211: 3205: 3203: 3197: 3196: 3194: 3193: 3191:Predestination 3188: 3183: 3178: 3173: 3167: 3165: 3156: 3155: 3153: 3152: 3147: 3142: 3137: 3131: 3129: 3127:Pentecostalist 3123: 3122: 3120: 3119: 3114: 3109: 3104: 3099: 3094: 3089: 3084: 3079: 3074: 3068: 3066: 3060: 3059: 3057: 3056: 3051: 3046: 3040: 3038: 3032: 3031: 3029: 3028: 3023: 3018: 3013: 3008: 3003: 2997: 2995: 2989: 2988: 2986: 2985: 2984: 2983: 2978: 2973: 2968: 2963: 2958: 2948: 2947: 2946: 2941: 2931: 2929:Fundamentalism 2926: 2922:Solus Christus 2918: 2911: 2908:Sola scriptura 2904: 2897: 2883: 2882: 2881: 2874:Evangelicalism 2871: 2870: 2869: 2864: 2859: 2849: 2843: 2841: 2831: 2830: 2825: 2818: 2817: 2814: 2813: 2811: 2810: 2805: 2800: 2795: 2790: 2784: 2781: 2780: 2775: 2768: 2767: 2764: 2763: 2761: 2760: 2755: 2750: 2745: 2740: 2735: 2730: 2725: 2720: 2715: 2710: 2705: 2700: 2695: 2690: 2684: 2681: 2680: 2675: 2668: 2667: 2664: 2663: 2661: 2660: 2655: 2653:Ultramontanism 2650: 2645: 2640: 2635: 2630: 2625: 2620: 2615: 2610: 2605: 2600: 2595: 2590: 2585: 2580: 2575: 2570: 2565: 2563:Infant baptism 2560: 2555: 2550: 2545: 2540: 2538:Traditionalism 2535: 2530: 2525: 2520: 2515: 2509: 2506: 2505: 2500: 2490: 2484: 2483: 2481: 2480: 2475: 2470: 2465: 2460: 2455: 2450: 2445: 2440: 2435: 2430: 2425: 2419: 2417: 2411: 2410: 2408: 2407: 2402: 2397: 2392: 2387: 2382: 2377: 2372: 2367: 2362: 2357: 2352: 2347: 2342: 2337: 2332: 2327: 2321: 2319: 2313: 2312: 2309: 2308: 2306: 2305: 2300: 2295: 2290: 2285: 2280: 2275: 2270: 2265: 2260: 2255: 2250: 2241: 2239:Apocalypticism 2236: 2231: 2226: 2221: 2206:Millenarianism 2203: 2198: 2193: 2188: 2183: 2177: 2175: 2169: 2168: 2166: 2165: 2160: 2155: 2153:Full communion 2150: 2145: 2140: 2135: 2134: 2133: 2123: 2117: 2112: 2110:Congregational 2103: 2098: 2097: 2096: 2091: 2080: 2078: 2072: 2071: 2069: 2068: 2063: 2058: 2053: 2048: 2043: 2036: 2031: 2026: 2020: 2018: 2012: 2011: 2008: 2007: 2005: 2004: 2003: 2002: 1992: 1987: 1982: 1977: 1975:Sanctification 1972: 1967: 1962: 1957: 1952: 1947: 1945:Reconciliation 1942: 1940:Recapitulation 1937: 1935:Predestination 1932: 1927: 1920: 1915: 1910: 1908:Means of grace 1905: 1900: 1895: 1894: 1893: 1888: 1878: 1873: 1868: 1863: 1856: 1851: 1846: 1841: 1836: 1831: 1826: 1821: 1816: 1811: 1806: 1800: 1794: 1788: 1787: 1785: 1784: 1779: 1774: 1769: 1764: 1759: 1754: 1748: 1746: 1740: 1739: 1736: 1735: 1733: 1732: 1727: 1721: 1716: 1711: 1709:Christocentric 1706: 1701: 1696: 1687: 1681: 1679: 1673: 1672: 1670: 1669: 1664: 1659: 1654: 1649: 1644: 1642:Theocentricism 1639: 1634: 1629: 1624: 1618: 1612: 1606: 1605: 1603: 1602: 1597: 1595:Law and Gospel 1592: 1587: 1582: 1577: 1572: 1566: 1564: 1555: 1549: 1548: 1543: 1541: 1540: 1533: 1526: 1518: 1512: 1511: 1506: 1494: 1493:External links 1491: 1490: 1489: 1474:Henry Drummond 1471: 1461: 1454: 1434: 1431: 1428: 1427: 1420: 1394: 1377: 1368: 1350: 1326: 1310: 1301: 1288: 1275: 1262: 1250:Harris, L. L, 1243: 1234: 1222: 1195: 1193: 1192: 1172: 1159: 1138: 1129: 1111: 1075: 1058: 1040: 1024: 1002: 985: 966: 965: 963: 960: 959: 958: 953: 948: 940: 935: 930: 921: 918: 873: 870: 857: 856: 853: 837: 834: 805: 802: 681:Henry Drummond 666: 663: 642:or influence. 632:divine creator 606: 605: 603: 602: 595: 588: 580: 577: 576: 575: 574: 562: 550: 538: 528: 527: 522: 521: 520: 519: 511: 510: 504: 503: 502: 501: 496: 491: 483: 482: 474: 471: 470: 467: 466: 463: 462: 455: 448: 441: 434: 427: 420: 412: 409: 408: 405: 404: 399: 398: 397: 396: 391: 386: 381: 376: 371: 366: 361: 356: 351: 346: 341: 336: 334:A. C. Grayling 331: 326: 321: 319:Daniel Dennett 316: 311: 306: 301: 296: 294:Julian Baggini 288: 287: 279: 276: 275: 272: 271: 267: 266: 261: 256: 251: 246: 241: 236: 231: 226: 221: 216: 209: 204: 199: 194: 187: 182: 180:Creator of God 177: 171: 167: 164: 163: 160: 159: 156: 155: 150: 145: 140: 138:Secular ethics 135: 130: 125: 120: 114: 111: 110: 107: 106: 103: 102: 97: 92: 86: 83: 82: 79: 78: 75: 74: 69: 64: 58: 55: 54: 51: 50: 44: 43: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4442: 4431: 4428: 4426: 4423: 4422: 4420: 4407: 4403: 4397: 4383: 4380: 4378: 4375: 4374: 4372: 4370: 4366: 4360: 4357: 4355: 4352: 4350: 4349:Denominations 4347: 4345: 4342: 4340: 4337: 4336: 4334: 4332: 4328: 4322: 4321:Last Judgment 4319: 4317: 4314: 4312: 4309: 4307: 4304: 4302: 4299: 4297: 4293: 4290: 4289: 4287: 4285: 4281: 4275: 4272: 4270: 4267: 4266: 4264: 4262: 4258: 4252: 4249: 4247: 4244: 4242: 4239: 4237: 4234: 4232: 4229: 4227: 4224: 4222: 4219: 4217: 4214: 4212: 4209: 4207: 4204: 4202: 4199: 4197: 4194: 4192: 4189: 4187: 4184: 4182: 4179: 4177: 4174: 4172: 4169: 4167: 4164: 4162: 4159: 4158: 4156: 4154: 4150: 4146: 4139: 4135: 4121: 4118: 4116: 4113: 4111: 4108: 4106: 4103: 4101: 4098: 4097: 4095: 4092: 4088: 4082: 4081:Unmoved mover 4079: 4077: 4074: 4072: 4069: 4067: 4064: 4062: 4059: 4057: 4054: 4052: 4049: 4047: 4044: 4042: 4039: 4037: 4034: 4032: 4029: 4024: 4020: 4019: 4018: 4015: 4013: 4010: 4008: 4005: 4003: 4000: 3998: 3995: 3993: 3990: 3988: 3985: 3983: 3982:Binitarianism 3980: 3978: 3974: 3971: 3970: 3968: 3964: 3958: 3955: 3953: 3950: 3948: 3945: 3943: 3940: 3938: 3935: 3933: 3930: 3928: 3925: 3924: 3922: 3920: 3916: 3906: 3903: 3901: 3898: 3896: 3893: 3891: 3888: 3886: 3883: 3881: 3878: 3876: 3873: 3872: 3870: 3866: 3860: 3856: 3853: 3849: 3846: 3845: 3844: 3841: 3839: 3836: 3834: 3831: 3830: 3828: 3826: 3822: 3816: 3813: 3811: 3808: 3806: 3803: 3801: 3798: 3796: 3793: 3791: 3788: 3786: 3783: 3781: 3778: 3776: 3773: 3771: 3768: 3766: 3763: 3761: 3758: 3757: 3755: 3753: 3749: 3738: 3734: 3730: 3727: 3725: 3722: 3720: 3717: 3716: 3714: 3710: 3704: 3703:Supreme Being 3701: 3699: 3696: 3694: 3691: 3689: 3686: 3684: 3681: 3680: 3678: 3674: 3668: 3665: 3663: 3660: 3658: 3655: 3653: 3650: 3648: 3645: 3641: 3638: 3636: 3633: 3631: 3628: 3626: 3623: 3622: 3621: 3618: 3617: 3615: 3611: 3608: 3604: 3600: 3590: 3587: 3583: 3580: 3579: 3578: 3575: 3574:Gender of God 3572: 3570: 3567: 3565: 3562: 3560: 3559: 3557: 3553: 3547: 3544: 3542: 3539: 3537: 3534: 3532: 3529: 3527: 3524: 3522: 3519: 3517: 3514: 3512: 3509: 3507: 3504: 3500: 3497: 3496: 3495: 3492: 3490: 3487: 3485: 3482: 3480: 3479:Kathenotheism 3477: 3475: 3472: 3470: 3467: 3465: 3462: 3460: 3457: 3455: 3454: 3452: 3448: 3445: 3443: 3439: 3435: 3431: 3426: 3422: 3418: 3411: 3406: 3404: 3399: 3397: 3392: 3391: 3388: 3376: 3375: 3370: 3366: 3365: 3362: 3359: 3357: 3354: 3353: 3350: 3344: 3341: 3339: 3336: 3334: 3331: 3329: 3326: 3324: 3321: 3319: 3316: 3314: 3311: 3309: 3306: 3304: 3301: 3299: 3296: 3294: 3291: 3289: 3286: 3284: 3281: 3280: 3278: 3274: 3256: 3253: 3251: 3248: 3246: 3243: 3241: 3238: 3237: 3235: 3231: 3225: 3222: 3220: 3217: 3215: 3212: 3210: 3207: 3206: 3204: 3202: 3198: 3192: 3189: 3187: 3184: 3182: 3179: 3177: 3174: 3172: 3169: 3168: 3166: 3164: 3157: 3151: 3148: 3146: 3143: 3141: 3140:Faith healing 3138: 3136: 3133: 3132: 3130: 3128: 3124: 3118: 3115: 3113: 3110: 3108: 3105: 3103: 3100: 3098: 3095: 3093: 3090: 3088: 3085: 3083: 3080: 3078: 3075: 3073: 3070: 3069: 3067: 3065: 3061: 3055: 3052: 3050: 3047: 3045: 3042: 3041: 3039: 3037: 3033: 3027: 3024: 3022: 3019: 3017: 3016:Center church 3014: 3012: 3009: 3007: 3006:Branch theory 3004: 3002: 2999: 2998: 2996: 2994: 2990: 2982: 2979: 2977: 2974: 2972: 2969: 2967: 2964: 2962: 2959: 2957: 2954: 2953: 2952: 2949: 2945: 2942: 2940: 2937: 2936: 2935: 2932: 2930: 2927: 2924: 2923: 2919: 2917: 2916: 2912: 2910: 2909: 2905: 2903: 2902: 2898: 2896: 2895: 2890: 2889: 2884: 2880: 2877: 2876: 2875: 2872: 2868: 2865: 2863: 2860: 2858: 2855: 2854: 2853: 2850: 2848: 2845: 2844: 2842: 2840: 2836: 2832: 2828: 2827:Protestantism 2823: 2819: 2809: 2806: 2804: 2803:Monothelitism 2801: 2799: 2796: 2794: 2793:Monophysitism 2791: 2789: 2786: 2785: 2782: 2778: 2773: 2769: 2759: 2756: 2754: 2751: 2749: 2746: 2744: 2741: 2739: 2736: 2734: 2731: 2729: 2726: 2724: 2721: 2719: 2716: 2714: 2711: 2709: 2706: 2704: 2701: 2699: 2696: 2694: 2691: 2689: 2686: 2685: 2682: 2678: 2673: 2669: 2659: 2656: 2654: 2651: 2649: 2646: 2644: 2641: 2639: 2636: 2634: 2631: 2629: 2626: 2624: 2623:Sacerdotalism 2621: 2619: 2618:Real presence 2616: 2614: 2611: 2609: 2606: 2604: 2601: 2599: 2596: 2594: 2591: 2589: 2586: 2584: 2581: 2579: 2576: 2574: 2571: 2569: 2566: 2564: 2561: 2559: 2556: 2554: 2551: 2549: 2546: 2544: 2541: 2539: 2536: 2534: 2531: 2529: 2526: 2524: 2521: 2519: 2516: 2514: 2511: 2510: 2507: 2503: 2498: 2494: 2491: 2489: 2485: 2479: 2476: 2474: 2471: 2469: 2466: 2464: 2461: 2459: 2456: 2454: 2451: 2449: 2446: 2444: 2441: 2439: 2436: 2434: 2431: 2429: 2426: 2424: 2421: 2420: 2418: 2416: 2412: 2406: 2403: 2401: 2398: 2396: 2393: 2391: 2388: 2386: 2383: 2381: 2378: 2376: 2373: 2371: 2370:Scholasticism 2368: 2366: 2363: 2361: 2358: 2356: 2355:Caesaropapism 2353: 2351: 2348: 2346: 2343: 2341: 2340:Apostolic Age 2338: 2336: 2333: 2331: 2328: 2326: 2323: 2322: 2320: 2318: 2314: 2304: 2303:War in Heaven 2301: 2299: 2296: 2294: 2291: 2289: 2288:Second Coming 2286: 2284: 2281: 2279: 2278:New Jerusalem 2276: 2274: 2273:Millennialism 2271: 2269: 2268:Last Judgment 2266: 2264: 2261: 2259: 2256: 2254: 2251: 2249: 2245: 2242: 2240: 2237: 2235: 2232: 2230: 2227: 2225: 2222: 2219: 2215: 2211: 2207: 2204: 2202: 2199: 2197: 2194: 2192: 2189: 2187: 2184: 2182: 2179: 2178: 2176: 2174: 2170: 2164: 2161: 2159: 2156: 2154: 2151: 2149: 2146: 2144: 2141: 2139: 2136: 2132: 2129: 2128: 2127: 2124: 2121: 2118: 2116: 2113: 2111: 2107: 2104: 2102: 2099: 2095: 2092: 2090: 2087: 2086: 2085: 2082: 2081: 2079: 2077: 2073: 2067: 2064: 2062: 2059: 2057: 2054: 2052: 2049: 2047: 2044: 2042: 2041: 2037: 2035: 2032: 2030: 2027: 2025: 2022: 2021: 2019: 2017: 2013: 2001: 1998: 1997: 1996: 1993: 1991: 1988: 1986: 1983: 1981: 1978: 1976: 1973: 1971: 1968: 1966: 1963: 1961: 1958: 1956: 1953: 1951: 1948: 1946: 1943: 1941: 1938: 1936: 1933: 1931: 1928: 1926: 1925: 1921: 1919: 1918:Mortification 1916: 1914: 1911: 1909: 1906: 1904: 1903:Justification 1901: 1899: 1896: 1892: 1889: 1887: 1884: 1883: 1882: 1879: 1877: 1876:Glorification 1874: 1872: 1869: 1867: 1864: 1862: 1861: 1857: 1855: 1852: 1850: 1847: 1845: 1842: 1840: 1837: 1835: 1832: 1830: 1827: 1825: 1822: 1820: 1817: 1815: 1812: 1810: 1807: 1805: 1802: 1801: 1798: 1795: 1793: 1789: 1783: 1780: 1778: 1775: 1773: 1772:Fallen angels 1770: 1768: 1765: 1763: 1760: 1758: 1755: 1753: 1750: 1749: 1747: 1745: 1741: 1731: 1728: 1725: 1722: 1720: 1717: 1715: 1712: 1710: 1707: 1705: 1702: 1700: 1697: 1695: 1691: 1688: 1686: 1683: 1682: 1680: 1678: 1674: 1668: 1665: 1663: 1660: 1658: 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Index

God of the Gaps
Gap creationism
Atheism
Implicit and explicit atheism
Naturalism
Negative and positive atheism
History of atheism
Atheism during the Age of Enlightenment
New Atheism
Atheist feminism
Criticism of religion
Demographics of atheism
Discrimination against atheists
Secular ethics
Secularism
Separation of church and state
State atheism
Arguments for atheism
Atheist's wager
Creator of God
Evil God challenge
Fate of the unlearned
Free will
God of the gaps
Hitchens's razor
Incompatible properties
Inconsistent revelation
Nonbelief
Occam's razor
Omnipotence paradox

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