We learned about 5 different arguments for God’s existence. The two arguments that stood out to me the most were the argument of design and the ontological argument.
The ontological argument was formed by Saint Anselm. Anselm believed that everyone has some idea of God in their minds, so he exists. Some objections to this argument are that an idea and reality are not the same thing and that Anselm’s logic is flawed and saying that something is the thing that nothing better could be thought of does not make it a true statement for all things. The argument might respond to these objections by first saying that to say that something is the thing that nothing better could be thought of only makes sense when it is being used to describe god, a
The ontological argument was formed by Saint Anselm. Anselm believed that everyone has some idea of God in their minds, so he exists. Some objections to this argument are that an idea and reality are not the same thing and that Anselm’s logic is flawed and saying that something is the thing that nothing better could be thought of does not make it a true statement for all things. The argument might respond to these objections by first saying that to say that something is the thing that nothing better could be thought of only makes sense when it is being used to describe god, a