causality – Catholic Stand

jargon, math, probability, Bayes' theorem

Serial Probability, God, and Existence As Luck

Bob Drury August 2, AD2020 4 Comments

God is the knowledgeable initiator of serial probabilities, according to a recent essay. In consideration of the contingency of existence and the corresponding probability of

Sin, Freedom, and Order, Part 1: Principles

Bob Drury July 24, AD2019 2 Comments

The denial of the concept of sin is the denial of one facet of intelligibility, yielding freedom without order, which is inanity. A sin is

causality, miracle, creation, God, morality, man

Causality and St. Thomas Aquinas’ Second Way

Bob Drury August 1, AD2018 No Comments

The second way of proving the existence of God by St. Thomas Aquinas is that of efficient causality. It is not just any old efficient

order, design, creation, intelligibility

The Innovative Philosophy of the New Atheism

Bob Drury January 22, AD2018 2 Comments

I propose to give the New Atheists, and specifically Richard Dawkins, a fair shake by elucidating the innovative philosophy implicit in the New Atheism and