In this essay, I will defend for the existence of God. First I will present Anselm’s ontological argument for the existence of God on the claim that he is the greatest conceivable being, then I will present Gaunilo’s objection for the unsoundness of Anselm’s argument on the claim of which there are no set limitations for the characteristic of the greatness, which I think fails. I will show that Anselm’s ontological argument can withstand Gaunilo’s objection by emphasizing the maximal characteristics God possesses. Finally, I will argue for the coherent existence of evil and God by stating the limited understanding in God’s perspective.
The characteristics of God are omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent. He has infinite knowledge, unlimited …show more content…
Natural evil is the suffering resulted of natural processes, for example volcanic eruption and tsunamis. Moral evil is the suffering caused by human, for example …show more content…
For example, volcanic eruption causes mass destruction, but also fertilizes soil with minerals for agricultural used in the long term. Genocide causes innocent people died, but that massacre brought people together nation widely and discussed measurement to prevent that from happening again. God is omniscient and omnipotent. He could foresee and know the cost and the effect of the evil. Coping with the evil could equip us and strengthened our capability to face different crises. The two-year-old child’s parents allow the painful stabbing as a protective measure to the future potential harm.
I think that God and evil need to be coexistent. There cannot be good without bad. Just like light and darkness need coexist for us to perceive either one of them. The darkness is a source of light, vice versa. The evil provide a chance for us to be good. We could perform moral characters by responding accordingly to the evil. In responding to the natural or moral evil, we can choose either or not to offer our help. We could also learn from the wrongdoings and thus fully develop our
The characteristics of God are omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent. He has infinite knowledge, unlimited …show more content…
Natural evil is the suffering resulted of natural processes, for example volcanic eruption and tsunamis. Moral evil is the suffering caused by human, for example …show more content…
For example, volcanic eruption causes mass destruction, but also fertilizes soil with minerals for agricultural used in the long term. Genocide causes innocent people died, but that massacre brought people together nation widely and discussed measurement to prevent that from happening again. God is omniscient and omnipotent. He could foresee and know the cost and the effect of the evil. Coping with the evil could equip us and strengthened our capability to face different crises. The two-year-old child’s parents allow the painful stabbing as a protective measure to the future potential harm.
I think that God and evil need to be coexistent. There cannot be good without bad. Just like light and darkness need coexist for us to perceive either one of them. The darkness is a source of light, vice versa. The evil provide a chance for us to be good. We could perform moral characters by responding accordingly to the evil. In responding to the natural or moral evil, we can choose either or not to offer our help. We could also learn from the wrongdoings and thus fully develop our