Argumentative Essay: Is God Real?

This question makes the assertion that the existance of God is questionable and uncertain. This is debatable because there are many religions, except humanism, are thesistic (the belief in many or one god). This raises questions such as if there is a God, why are there different religions? And why would there be so many theistic religions if God wasn’t real?

Firstly, in monotheistic religions (the belief in one God), such as Christianity, God is always described as omnibenevolent (all loving), but if God is truly all loving why would He allow horrific things to happen, such as world wars and genocides, and not intervine? Some branches of Christianity belive in a hell which is where those who have sinned go after death. In the bible hell is described as a “fiery lake of burning sulfur” (Revelation 21:8) and a “blazing furnace” (Matthew 13:42). Overall not a nice place, but why would an omnibenevolent and forgiving God send people to such a bad place? …show more content…
I think this argument is flawed as God does not specifically have to be omnibenevolent and there could be the existance of a supernatural, transcendent (outside of time and space) God who is not omnibenevolent. Also in the bible God is described as “just” many times. This means he serves a sense of justice. God is a judge, as said in the bible “He comes to judge the world” (Pslam 96:13). This means he must punish those who sinned, because why would God let a child rapist into heaven, which is described as paradise. Revelation 21:4-8 states “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain”. It would be wrong to let sinners into a place like