An Appealing Answer Defeated by Assumptions
In his book, Think, Blackburn summarizes the major approaches to justifying the existence of God (1999, pp. 152-185). In each case, major weaknesses are identified in the thinking process that makes the final proof elusive. However, the next approach to this problem he presents is appealing. If philosophy cannot develop an approach to convincingly justify the existence of God and support belief in God in that way, perhaps it can formulate reasons for why it is logical to believe in God by examining the various outcomes of believing or not believing. This logic would be useful even without absolute ...