Philosophy / Unit 3 Philosophy 0102 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Natural Theology
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The idea
Natural theology argues for God's existence from public evidence—reason, nature, experience—without appeal to scripture or revelation.
In practice
The first-cause, design, and ontological arguments ahead are all natural theology: anyone can inspect their premises, whatever they believe.
Where people slip
Its counterpart, revealed theology, starts from sacred texts. The two make different claims on different audiences.
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