God? An Argument From Reason and Its Indication; Function, Potentiality and Revelation

This paper argues that it is more reasonable to assume a thinking creator than any alternative. Part I uses the scientific method to show that identification of function requires intelligence, and that the universe contains identifiable, utilizable function thus implying an intelligent origin. Part II argues that potentiality is the necessary constant underlying all actuality, and that the object of potentiality, taken as a whole, has the ability to think and will thus implying a singular necessary being. Part III applies these derived characteristics to major religious traditions, showing that under the conditional assumption of revelation, Christianity most coherently exhibits such characteristics of the object of potentiality.