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All the ideas for 'works', 'Causation in a Physical World' and 'Theology and Verification'

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
8404 Explain single events by general rules, or vice versa, or probability explains both, or they are unconnected [Field,H]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation
8400 Identifying cause and effect is not just conventional; we explain later events by earlier ones [Field,H]
8401 Physical laws are largely time-symmetric, so they make a poor basis for directional causation [Field,H]
8402 The only reason for adding the notion of 'cause' to fundamental physics is directionality [Field,H]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy
16713 Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / c. Religious Verification
1471 It may be hard to verify that we have become immortal, but we could still then verify religious claims [Hick, by PG]
1470 Belief in an afterlife may be unverifiable in this life, but it will be verifiable after death [Hick, by PG]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / d. Religious Falsification
1469 Some things (e.g. a section of the expansion of PI) can be verified but not falsified [Hick, by PG]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism
6610 I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]