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    Belief in God is founded on morality rather than theoretical knowledge

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    • 1.Knowledge requires grounds that are both subjectively and objectively sufficient, where objective sufficiency implies valid theoretical grounds such as evidence or theoretical argument
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    • 2.Belief requires only subjectively sufficient grounds, implying valid practical reasons for holding something to be true
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    • 3.Knowledge of God's existence is not possible through theoretical means
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    • 1.Moral obligations presuppose a normative framework whose authority must be grounded independently of any divine legislator to avoid circularity.
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    • 2.If morality is self-grounding, the postulation of God adds no justificatory work and reduces to a psychological rather than rational necessity.
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    • 3.Kant's own categorical imperative derives its binding force from rational autonomy alone, making the theistic postulate explanatorily redundant.
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    • 1.William Alston and Reformed epistemologists argue that sensus divinitatis provides direct, non-inferential warrant for theistic belief independent of moral reasoning.
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    • 2.If properly basic beliefs about God can arise from religious experience with epistemic legitimacy, then moral grounding is neither necessary nor the primary foundation for rational theistic belief.
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    knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

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    While Kant holds that morality’s foundation is independent of religion, the two are more closely connected for him than they are for Hume. Compared with Hume, Kant is far less antagonistic to religion, and he consistently tries to preserve a place for religious belief within the strictures of his moral philosophy. Indeed, this is an important aspect of his approach to morality. Kant’s “moral theism” is one of his most significant contributions to the philosophy of religion and the question of re
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    Moral obligations presuppose a normative framework whose authority must be groun...
    Moral reasoning provides valid practical grounds for holding belief in God to be...
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