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Cosmological argument
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An argument for God's existence that claims unless God exists, the question 'why does anything exist?' is unanswerable. (See arguments from causation and arguments from contingency)
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Free will defence
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An attempt to show that there is no inconsistency between the existence of evil and the existence of God, because God would allow evil in order for us to have free will.
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Argument from design
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The argument that there is complexity in the world that is evidence of design, and design requires a designer - God.
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Eschatological
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The study of the 'last things' - death, the final judgement, and the ultimate destiny of human beings.
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Eternal
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Timeless (atemporal)
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Euthyphro dilemma
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Does God will what is morally good because it is good, or is it good because God wills it? Either God is not omnipotent, or morality is arbitrary.
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Everlasting
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Existing throughout all time, without beginning or end.
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Moral evil
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Bad things that arise as the result of the actions of people, e.g. murder.
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Natural evil
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Bad things, especially pain and suffering, that arise as a result of natural processes e.g. people dying in earthquakes.
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Free will
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The capacity of rational agents to choose a course of action from among various alternatives.
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Immanent
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God exists through everything that exists.
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Immutable
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Not subject to change
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Kalam argument
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A form of cosmological argument that claims that everything that begins to exist has a cause, and the universe began to exist, so there is a cause of the universe.
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Law of nature
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Fixed regularities that govern the universe; statements that express these regularities.
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