Apologetic Dashboard

Atheism

The first apologetic question: does God exist, and can reason know Him?

RatioRevelatioEcclesiaTraditio
IGod and first principlesIIOne true religionIIIIsrael and fulfilmentIVChurch, sects and movements

Apologetic Dashboard

Atheism is treated as a structured dossier rather than a single flat article.

Metaphysics

Being and contingency

Obiectio

The universe is treated as self-explaining or brute fact.

Responsio catholica

The Catholic answer begins with being, causality, intelligibility, moral obligation and the human desire for truth, before treating biblical revelation.

Fontes

Scripture, Tradition, Fathers, Magisterium, canon law and historical evidence are kept together so every objection can be answered point by point.

Causality

Causality and first cause

Obiectio

Causality is accepted inside the world but rejected at the level of being as such.

Responsio catholica

The Catholic answer begins with being, causality, intelligibility, moral obligation and the human desire for truth, before treating biblical revelation.

Fontes

Scripture, Tradition, Fathers, Magisterium, canon law and historical evidence are kept together so every objection can be answered point by point.

Ethics

Moral obligation

Obiectio

Objective moral obligation is affirmed while its foundation is denied.

Responsio catholica

The Catholic answer begins with being, causality, intelligibility, moral obligation and the human desire for truth, before treating biblical revelation.

Fontes

Scripture, Tradition, Fathers, Magisterium, canon law and historical evidence are kept together so every objection can be answered point by point.

Theodicy

Evil and suffering

Obiectio

The existence of suffering is used to deny God.

Responsio catholica

The Catholic answer begins with being, causality, intelligibility, moral obligation and the human desire for truth, before treating biblical revelation.

Fontes

Scripture, Tradition, Fathers, Magisterium, canon law and historical evidence are kept together so every objection can be answered point by point.

Anthropology

Meaning and the soul

Obiectio

Human rationality, freedom and desire for truth are reduced to matter.

Responsio catholica

The Catholic answer begins with being, causality, intelligibility, moral obligation and the human desire for truth, before treating biblical revelation.

Fontes

Scripture, Tradition, Fathers, Magisterium, canon law and historical evidence are kept together so every objection can be answered point by point.