Arguments for the existence of God

article H. J. McCloskey wrote, On Being an Atheist, discusses how arguments presented are proof that God does not exist. As I learned from Dr. Foreman’s presentation, Arguments for God’s Existence, there is nothing that can be proven with one-hundred percent certainty. We need not use arguments, but we should use evidence, just as an attorney in building a case against or for an accused. (Foreman, Approaching the Question of God 's Existence n.d.) Evidence sometimes is circumstantial, full of…

ontological argument is dependent on Anselm’s personal faith in God. My argument lies within the premises that Anselm offers, it would not be rationally acceptable to create content of a maximally perfect being unless the person already accepted the Christian faith. The premises for Anselm’s argument can only be held if the only conception of non greater (relative to his attributes and worldly design) is God but if one does not follow such religious paths how can it be god. So in a sense god…

Religion in an Age of Science Morality: The Argument for Objective Moral Values Morality has been debated by scholars and philosophers for centuries, more specifically, morality’s origins have been disputed with only recent examinations bearing fruit. These debates explore the dichotomy between objective morality and moral relativism. These perspectives are controversial due to religious beliefs, but also to the understanding of human essence and purpose. This problem or debate will be analyzed…

“To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love. Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name” (Merton). What was Merton’s main point of this statement? I believe he was trying to emphasize that God does in fact exist, because without God, we would cease to exist because we are made in the likeness of God. People ask the question of “Does God Exist?” for a long time. To one…

differing hypotheses on the existence of God and in this paper we must grasp that people will always be able to defend where they stand, and why. Both parties in religion, as in, those who believe and those who do not are going to have evidence on their side. In this paper, we are going to look at my personal thoughts on the justification of God, while utilizing William James thoughts, “The Will to Believe.” Most reasonable option to explain or justify the faith in God would be the discussion…

McCloskey wrote a paper, “On Being an Atheist” in 1968. This paper was his way of trying to prove that there is no God. He compares a lot with atheist and theists ways of looking at how people believe in God and that he does not believe that there is a God with some of the ways that the world functions. An atheist is someone who does not believe, but he makes it seem like it is easier to be an atheist where he feels that theists are just miserable. He contends that theists really do not believe…

In Descartes third meditation he attempts to make an argument for god, he does this by using the certain basis of knowledge he attained in the previous meditations as a starting point. The knowledge he attained previously was that he existed as a thinking thing. He declares that arithmetic and geometry were simple truths, two and three does equal five, but he also reminded himself that these “certain” truths could be deceptions. The problem with this truth was that as soon as he stopped thinking…

renowned as one of the best philosophers of his time because of his ideas on the existence of God including the five proofs that God exists. Thomas Aquinas made some of the first arguments for the existence of God and to this day many of them still hold up quite nicely. His contributions to the beliefs of Christianity have done a great job of allowing Christians to explain the problems in the ideology of…

In order to produce agreeable arguments that do not challenge the status quo of their times, authors often adapt their views and opinions to fit preexisting ideologies. In The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius concludes his work with a depiction of god that largely mirrors the Christian viewpoint. However, he alters his definition of god as the work progresses. Originally, he portrays divinity as an abstract, absolute goodness that all men strive for both naturally and actively. In contrast,…

Saint Anselm’s Ontological Argument has generated philosophical excitement reaching beyond its era and well into our times. Anselm's ontological argument purports to be an a priori proof of God's existence (The Ontological Argument 2016). Anselm starts with premises that do not depend on experience for their justification and then proceeds through pure logic to reach the conclusion that God exists. His purpose is to correct the fool who says in his heart that there is no God (Psalms 14:1). This…