Existence of God

one prevailing question each of us ask ourselves consistently, “Does God exist?” Even though people’s responses are different, nearly all responses are contingent upon one’s beliefs, experiences, and influences. Despite the lack of knowledge, God is known to be an all-loving, all-powerful, and creator of all things in most communities, but those qualities are often questioned by scientists and philosophers. The existence of God was significantly debated among philosophers during the 18th and…

Paley’s argument for the Existence of God Paley’s argument is termed the design argument which is solely based on an analogy of a watch. This is that the universe as a whole is complex and there must be an intelligent designer responsible for designing the universe. Just like the watch, the parts come together to fulfill a purpose, and if we have never seen a watch before the complexity or the way the watch was designed would make us conclude that it was made by an intelligent designer. This…

the arguments for the existence of God. In doing so I will use Sokolowski and Moser’s approaches while drawing upon other theologian scholars too. Views about theistic arguments are widely diverse, especially contemporary proponents. “Proofs” are merely those that provide arguments with premises that no reasonable person could deny. I will be focusing mainly on Rober Sokolowski book, The God of Faith and Reason, here he examines the existence of God through understanding God as a creator and…

Descartes’s mission in the meditations was to doubt everything and that what remained from his doubting could be considered the truth. This lead Descartes to argue for the existence of God. For the purpose of this paper, I will first discuss Descartes’s argument for the existence of God within the third and fifth meditations. I will then take issue with three of Descartes arguments. Descartes argues that some ideas are more real than others. These ideas are those that represent…

Many believe that God was self-created or self-causing which is baffling because “God as cause” would have to precede “God as effect”. If we continue to go off the claim that no one created God, concluding that God is eternal, then why not make the notion simpler in the fact that the universe is also eternal? For an example, matter can change into energy just as so energy can change into matter, but the sum total of matter equals energy, remains constant. Same with the universe, it has no outer…

In The Absurd, Nagel (1971) observes that people seeking to escape from the absurdity of human life may resort to broader ultimate concerns, with religion and the glory of God constituting one of the larger enterprises pursued by people. However, Nagel (1971) is adamant that even the existence of God may be insufficient to give human life a purpose or meaning. A careful analysis of Nagel’s argument leads to agreement with his position, informed by his observations regarding the ability to cast…

that all arguments for the existence of God can be proven false. Mackie is targeting the theist with this argument, but states that the theist can still believe in God and accept the criticism. Mackie uses “the problem of evil” for his main argument. Mackie uses the problem of evil to show that the belief in God lacks rational support, and is essentially irrational. Mackie claims that the following sentences cannot all be true at the same time: “God is omnipotent, God is wholly good, and yet…

despite being the most intelligent being God created, Man’s speech and intellect are inadequate in explaining or understanding God’s essence. However, Augustine quotes Book of Wisdom, Psalms, and Prophet Isaiah when asserting that those who believe in God do not seek Him in vain. Those who seek God will find Him and find joy in the process. Augustine insists further that the search for God is continual process. After establishing the value of studying God, Augustine then discusses what is known…

This essay will evaluate Descartes causal proof of the existence of God presented in Meditation 3. First, the essay will outline the proof itself. Then, by considering objections and subsequent responses, it will evaluate whether Descartes has been successful in his proof for the existence of God. This essay concludes that the objections are not overcome by Descartes and his argument fails In previous Meditations, Descartes established the distinction between ideas and judgements. Ideas…

formulated a trademark argument for the existence of God. His argument claimed notoriety as it was simple to comprehend, it follows as (1) Our idea of God is a perfect being (2) we are finite, while the concept of god is infinite (3) therefore it is a concept with more reality then my own mind (4) the cause of the concept god must have more reality as what the concept is of (5) therefore my mind must not have created it (6) the only possible cause is God (7) therefore God exists. This theory…