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Arguments
A structured catalog of arguments for and around Christian theism. Each argument is written in debate-prep form: numbered premises, anticipated objections, point-by-point rebuttals, and a live-cite kit for Scripture, scholarship, and aphorism. Browse by family below, or start with one of the master hubs.
Arguments for God
Positive arguments for Christian theism, grouped by family of inference.
Why is there anything at all? Cause and contingency arguments from Aquinas to Kalam.
Design, fine-tuning, and the appearance of purpose in nature.
Moral realism requires a transcendent ground. Where else can objective moral facts come from?
Modal and conceptual arguments from the very idea of a maximally great being.
Arguments from meaning, joy, desire, and the human longing for the eternal.
Logic, reason, and the preconditions of intelligibility presuppose the Christian God.
Knowledge of God, properly basic belief, Reformed epistemology, and the reliability of cognitive faculties.
Arguments anchored in the identity, claims, and uniqueness of Jesus Christ.
Historical case
Arguments from the historical record of Jesus, the resurrection, and the New Testament documents.
Original arguments by ris3n
Novel convergence-shaped arguments built in this Codex, addressing contemporary apologetic gaps.
Defending against objections
Defeaters that neutralize the standard objections against Christian theism.
Master hubs and family overviews
Synthesis pages that frame the catalog as a whole. Start here if you want the map before the territory.
- Theist ArgumentsMaster frame
Every theist-argument family at a glance, with how each fits into the cumulative case.
- Natural TheologyDiscipline overview
The broader project: what we can know of God from creation and reason apart from special revelation.
- Cumulative Case for Christian TheismCross-domain synthesis
How the argument families combine. Each by itself raises the probability of theism; together they make the case decisive.
- Cosmological ArgumentsFamily hub
Family overview for cause-of-the-universe arguments.
- Teleological ArgumentsFamily hub
Family overview for design and fine-tuning arguments.
- Moral ArgumentsFamily hub
Family overview for moral-realism arguments.
- Ontological ArgumentsFamily hub
Family overview for modal-ontological arguments.