Arguments for the existence of God

Assignment #1 In Western culture, the idea that God is an omniscient, omnibenevolent, omnipotent, and a creator is pretty common (Mott, 2017). However, arguments and debated over the existence of God have been controversial for long time. William Paley, a leading philosopher, presented the design argument for the existence of God in his most important work, “Natural Theology” (Rea, 2014). The design argument is the view that the universe must have an intelligent designer as a watch needs a…

The question being asked is does Samuel Clarkes cosmological argument succeed or fail? Through his reasoning, I believe that his argument succeeds. After some thorough consideration and advising I have found all of Clarks premises, which are the steps in his argument, valid and cannot be fully proven otherwise. Clarkes cosmological argument is as follows: (1) There exists either an unending chain solely of dependent beings or there also exists at least one independent being; (2) An unending…

In this argument God exists, at least based on those whose evidence is written in a book that others follow in which everyone knows as the bible. It tries to persuade us in believing Gods existence without legit proof. I find this to be bullshit because I would not just believe that it was “God” who created us there has to be a greater explanation. The universe is so vast that our minds should expand on believing that there is a powerful being in the universe not necessarily the God everyone…

The argument from evil, supposes that because there is evil in the world, God therefore cannot be omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. These characteristics are used to describe the essence of the God of Christianity, so according to the argument from evil, God does not exist. Because if He did exist as an all-powerful, loving being, He would not allow such evil to prevail. So, does the fact of evil make it irrational to believe in God? No, the fact of evil does not make it irrational to…

easily noticed problem with this argument is seen in premise 3. The problem is commonly seen as an argument over whether God is justified in creating evil, but instead it is about how God is not allowed to intervene and stop or create evil events. If God is all good then God would be separate from all evil; because God is separate from all evil if God was to intervene in evil events no matter how small this would mean that God is now involved in evil events. Because God is not involved with the…

can be based only on facts, and any idea which is not supported by a valid scientific argument should perish. Since religion cannot provide a reasonable answer to criticism, it is often beaten by anyone who identifies the inconsistency between the shared views of the church and gathered facts from science. But is there any solution to such a significant problem which will end the numerous and meaningless arguments? During the 19th century the idea that there was a contradiction between the…

One either believes that there is a God that exists, or there is not. While there are numerous opinions on God’s existence, Blaise Pascal, author of “The Wager”, believes that there is a God. However, according to Pascal, a French philosopher, we cannot fully comprehend God. “The Wager”, which includes a psychological argument, consists of individuals who are willing to risk their own lives and bet on the existence of God. Essentially, the argument of this work is between philosophy and…

the cosmological argument and it’s objections as presented by Hume in the Dialogues Concering Natural Religion. My conclusion is that the cosmological argument ultimately fails to prove the existence of a self-caused being. I will show that is unreasonable to claim that there need be an explanation for the whole infinite series of a cause and effect chain. The character Demea primarily says that everything has a reason and utilizes this fundamental claim to prove the existence of a deity. He…

Hick bases the argument concerning the problem of the evil by questioning the existence of an omnipresent and omnipotent God. Though he presents a positive objection to God, he argues that if God is all loving and the most powerful then he could not create evil on earth. With the ability and powers to eliminate evil on earth, evil still exists though God plans and intends no evil, therefore, there exist likeliness that Hick doubts Gods powers over creations or even Gods existence at all. This…

proves the existence of God in meditation three in his Meditations on First Philosophy. I will develop my argument in two parts. First, I will present Descartes’s argument for how mistakes are made and avoided. Second, I will present Descartes’s first proof for the existence of God in the third meditation, and in the process present the steps clearly and distinctly, exactly as Descartes understands them. Thus, Descartes cannot be making a mistake when he proves the existence of God.…