Tag Archives: aesthetic value

A Theology of Sports—Part 2

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Jim Spiegel

In the first installment of this series, I discussed how sports provide clear examples of excellence.  In this post I want to highlight another significant way in which sports are valuable. 2. Sports have aesthetic value. Why is it that … Continue reading →

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An Anti-Naturalist Argument from Beauty

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Jim Spiegel

The history of philosophy has seen many “theistic proofs” or arguments for the existence of God, dating at least as far back as Plato in the 4th century B.C.  Some of the standard arguments reason to God’s existence from apparent … Continue reading →

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