Does God Exist Essay

devaluation of faith does not hurt his argument, it makes it easier to convince the skeptics. To prove that Pascal’s argument devalues faith and to understand why it doesn’t negatively affect his argument, it’s necessary to understand the whole argument. His argument can be split into quite a few premises. He starts with the possibility of God, which is the main idea of his argument. Basically, it’s possible that God does exists, and it’s also possible that God does not exist, something nearly…

In this paper, I will support the idea of the existence of God. First I will present Anselm’s ontological argument for the existence of God, then I will present Gaunilo’s criticism on Anselm’s argument. Finally, I will show the coherent existence of God and evil. To understand the argument for the existence of God, we first define the usage of God in this paper. God is the greatest conceivable being who is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent. He is capable of knowing everything and doing…

belief in a monotheistic God. Often people bring up the questions of if God is good, then why is there evil? How can the problem of evil be in relation to God’s existence? And, is it possible to believe that evil can in some form be compatible with God? All these questions bring up the “either/or” dilemma and clearly state that if evil exists then God does not. However, I will say that I disagree and argue otherwise, because God does in fact exist and while there is evil, God is not evil for…

Theists think that it is ridiculous that the Universe can exist without a cause, and, have come to the assumption that the universe was created by God, who exists without a cause, complete with a range of intrinsic traits and values. We can see that although theists believe in god(s) and atheists don 't, both have some similar assumptions about how the universe came to exist. St Anselm (1033-1109), who was the Catholic archbishop of Canterbury and a Doctor of the Church, first created the…

powerful god approves or neglects to prevent the burning of an innocent baby. I believe his weakest “excuse” is when he claims that a baby going to heaven is only justified if it was necessary for the baby to suffer. If it was not, then it was wrong to allow it. I believe this is Johnsons weakest point because I feel as there is never a necessary reason for a baby’s death. Throughout Johnson’s passage, BC Johnson, God and the Problem of Evil, he contends that it is far-fetched that God (if for…

existence of the Abrahamic God. In this essay I will briefly summarize both the logical problem of evil given by Mackie and the evidential problem of evil provided by Rowe. I will then argue that these arguments cannot be made because humans are incredibly limited and cannot even comprehend the thoughts of God. I will then present a critique to my argument which will claim that despite not knowing God’s true intentions humans have defined suffering and as such an all good God would…

this: God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists. There seems to be some contradiction between these three propositions, so that if any two of them were true the third would be false.” (p.119) There are logical inconsistencies including the fact that there should be no evil yet it exists. In this paper, I plan on arguing for Mackie's argument in the beginning of his article where it is stated as followed: God is omniscient God is omnipotent God is omnibenevolent Yet Evil exists…

spirit of the living God who allows us to feel love, hate, sadness, joy and all other emotions. Good and evil has no real…

I believe that God allows evil to exist for reasons that we do not understand, but I also believe that he was not the one who created it. I believe that God created man, and that man created evil. According to the bible, God The reason as to why God allows evil may never be known, but others have arrived at the conclusion that God must want to teach people a lesson. Another theory is that he literally cannot or will not do anything to stop evil from happening because he gave us free will.…

(http://www.iep.utm.edu/aquinas) Thomas Aquinas lived in 1225–1274, as a catholic priest in Italy. He was well known for his philosophical and theological ideas or arguments. One of his arguments was that he can prove Gods existence gradation of beings. Anyone who claims they can prove God to be real comes off as possibly heretical or blasphemous. In this case Aquinas teaches bad doctrine and I would classify it as heretical. There is no room for heresy in the church because it creates such an…