Arguments for the existence of God

In the third Meditation, René Descartes aims to offer an argument for the existence of God, based simply on what he knows with certainty. In this, he reviews his doubts, what he knows for certain, and what he no longer doubts. While arguing the existence of God, Descartes explores God as a possible deceiver, his capacity to overcome this doubt in God’s goodness through formal and objective realities, and how effects supremely rely on their ultimate cause. Through his various claims and…

and by making an argument against this idea, however I do not think his theories can prove all of our knowledge. Descartes did not discuss…

The origin of argument from desire dwells on the God’s existence and the divine afterlife, which holds that human’s natural yearning must be capable of contentment (Kreeft, 2008). The implication is that all natural craving are capable of contentment (Kreeft, 2008). The philosopher, Peter Kreeft is person who is an advocate that argues God’s existence from desire (Kreeft, 2008). This philosopher offers two (2) premises to justify his argument that God’s existence from desire is a reality that…

The principle of “ex nihilo nihil” is quite important to his argument about the perfection of the world. It is impossible that the world could be created from nothing, since, according to Parmenides, “what is not” cannot exist. From this premise, he argues that since there is nothing that can be called what-is-not the world cannot have any deficiencies, since deficiency would imply the existence of “what-is-not. While this argument is logical, the next step he takes is less tenable. He…

of God in Descartes’ meditations is very significant, and I believe that he is indeed entitled to use God’s existence in this way. The purpose of this essay is to set out Descartes’ main arguments of God. Firstly, I will briefly discuss a fundamental philosophical topic – how could I have been created if there were no God? Secondly, I will assess one of Descartes’ main arguments of the roots of knowledge and God’s role with this, and finally I will speak about Descartes’ ontological argument. I…

concerning the cause of barometrical variations in 1640s [11]. Blaise Pascal argued with Anslew, Aquinas, and Paley about the existence of God. He believed that existence of God is based on faith, which he believes that God probably existed, and although this cannot be proven there is nothing to lose and everything to gain in accepting God. He thinks that even if someone has faith in God, they will never know…

question of God and the existence of has lasted for thousands of years and while many philosophers have tried to prove or disprove Gods existence, it is still a common controversial topic today. There are three arguments that can be used in relation to the existence of God, the cosmological, the ontological, and the teleological. All three arguments have something in common, they all believe that there must be something greater in order for human existence to occur. They all have different…

plagued religious thinkers for all of human history. Is there a God? Philosophers have argued for centuries about the existence of God and have yet to provide a convincing conclusion. By no means will I attempt to answer this question, but rather explore the complexities of their arguments. I have chosen to analyze the arguments of Thomas Aquinas, Blaise Pascal and Robert Adams respectively. I attempt to discover what these arguments were aiming to show, who they were directed towards, as well…

higher power. The question of God’s existence is one that has intrigued humanity and countless of philosophers since the beginning of logical thinking. Many philosophers believe that God exists, while others argue and refute His existence. Did the universe really occur by random chance? Or is the universe intricately designed according to a superior being? Cosmological evidence for the origin of the universe presents the Big Bang Theory as the cause for its existence. The Big Bang model implies…

defined as the problem of reconciling the presence of evil with the existence of an omniscient, omnipotent and a perfectly good God (Holt, 2008). This theory surrounds the God of classical theism in which Epicurus formulated. The theory states that God is known as an all-knowing, all powerful and all loving being and therefore, how can suffering be existent in a world where God is all- powerful. Augustine made a comment saying “Either God cannot abolish evil, or he will not: if he cannot then he…