/lit/ - Literature

my favorite fictional character

<-- this guy

worst fictional villain in all of literature

>tulpa

>>4634240
Individual subjectivity certainly has an essence; if it did not have an essence we would never be able to understand one and other because we'd be so radically different from one and other, sharing no essence (coinicidentally, that's what they postmodernists say, they say that we cannot ever understand one and other because our language is all just symbols without any essence backing it up. They are essentially ripping off Daoism by saying that there are no essences and language says nothing. The East's invasion of the West is troubling to me). We are not individual subjects that exist in vacuum and are causa sui (self-caused), no, we are HUMAN individual subjects, and our human essence is PRIOR to the existence of our "subjectivity".

>mfw God created the essential human form and atheists are deluded into thinking there are no forms/essences and reality is just this vague semblance or bundle of appearances

>>4324041
>big bang

I need to debate for either the Ontological, Cosmological, or Teleological argument for Phil. I was told this was the best board to ask: Which of these is the strongest?

So are there any rational arguments for the existence of god?
Any theists on /lit/ able to defend their beliefs?

>>4037245
>>4037248
Why didn't you save him?

~6000/m/heaven
looking for a betrothed virgin to defi - to purify, i mean. Any takers?

What are some good books arguing for atheism or criticizing the arguments for god?

I see the "New Atheist" books ridiculed here all the time but I'm wondering if there are some good books on the subject.

>>3672056

...that they're not accurate? Are you arguing for what is best in determining truth? Or best for getting by in life? Because just going about your day will obviously be more advantageous for the latter case.

Question for... erm... eh-hem.

Question for Christians on /lit/...

How can you tell the difference between what God is telling you to do and what your own self is telling you to do?

>inb4 edgy atheists 'hurr durr god and ur brain are le same thing'

I AM

>>3409426

Oh, only like a bazillion.