Arguments for the existence of God

today try and find ways to explain how God exists, and that is no different from when Rene Descartes was alive. Rene Descartes was born in France but later moved to Holland where free thought was tolerated. One night, to avoid the cold, Descartes locked himself in an oven where he had a series of revelations which he claimed came from God. In this paper, I will discuss Descartes argument for Gods existence. In argument one of his meditation of proving God’s existence, Descartes says he is going…

God Is Here The existence of God has puzzled humanity since it learned to think scientifically. Philosophers proclaim God’s existence has been a debate for centuries. It has been taken into great consideration by many scholars. The unsurpassable debate of the existence of God will forever be a contentious topic. Human beings are entitled to have their own opinions. God does exist and can be easily proven by carefully examining three arguments Evil, Creation, and Morality. Evil is the first…

strong case against the existence of God, while defending his stand on atheism. His arguments are centered around the three proofs of that religious people use to explain why they believe in God. Over and above, he argues unapologetically against faith, and questions the existence of a good God in such a world full of evil and moral decadence. The question of morality does not escape him too, and in his submission is that there is more solace in atheism than in believing God and therefore it is…

Aquinas’s arguments consist mainly about reasons on God and how it can be proved that God exists. He incorporates the ideas of metaphysics and ethics to demonstrate the existence of a higher power. I agree to his argument that the existence of God is self-evident amongst is also demonstrable which is agreeable. The concept of self-evident is defined as no reason or proof is required to prove an objective. In Aquinas’s terms, self-evident can be associated with the belief that the existence of…

uses this methodology while being primarily concerned with proving the existence of God. This certainly is important for Descartes because if God exists, then we are able to trust our senses because God wouldn’t deceive us by distorting our perceptions. Additionally if things are as Descartes perceives them, then he must exist because he is the one perceiving the world. Descartes presents several arguments for God’s existence, including one which incorporates the great chain of being and both…

Paley’s argument for the Existence of God Paley’s argument is termed the design argument which is solely based on an analogy of a watch. This is that the universe as a whole is complex and there must be an intelligent designer responsible for designing the universe. Just like the watch, the parts come together to fulfill a purpose, and if we have never seen a watch before the complexity or the way the watch was designed would make us conclude that it was made by an intelligent designer. This…

Trinitarian Theology The debate of God’s existence seems as infinite as God Himself. Augustine’s remarks are foundational to the ontological argument of God’s existence: For when the one supreme God of gods is thought of, even by those who believe that there are other gods, and who call them by that name, and worship them as gods, their thought takes the form of an endeavor to reach the conception of a nature, than which nothing more excellent or more exalted exists…All, however, strive…

transcendent, immaterial, non-physical reality to bring the universe into existence”. Actually, this is not merely a claim; Craig would like this statement to function as an argument for a particular worldview. Specifically, Craig uses this argument as a proof for the existence of God. Ignoring Craig’s second sentence, I have crudely taken his argument arranged it in the form of a syllogism to better analyze the structure of his argument. It goes as follows: Major: Something that begins to…

Why does God allow pain and suffering on this Earth? How is it possible for an all knowing, all powerful, loving Deity to co-exist in a world with Satan? Theodicy, in its classical form, requires the adherent of a theistic faith to reconcile the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient and morally perfect God with the existence of evil. (Surin, 1983) The problem of evil is in itself an argument which challenges the existence of good. Humans experience evil in many different forms such as death,…

Craig Reiner Lesson 3 Level 1 One difficult idea for philosopher to prove is whether or not God exists. The philosopher St. Anselm of Canterbury took on this feat in the 11th century in his work entitled Proslogion. In the beginning Anselm tries to use the idea of the limitations of human thought to prove that God exists. The basic idea behind Anselm argument for the existence of God is that there is “Something-than-which-nothing-greater-can-be-thought (Anselm 266)”. He believes that there…