One philosopher that freely gives off his opinion on god's existence would be St. Thomas Aquinas. St. Aquinas, in his Summa Theological, he explains five separate proofs for the existence of God. His proofs rely on the world, what we see or experience. St. Aquinas’ first proof explains how there was once an all powerful object that started all the motion. Anything that is currently in motion was first at rest and was moved by another motion which was moved by another motion. Because anything…
What is God like? Is He similar to a human? Does God play a part in our lives or does He let the world take its course? Is He good or evil? Ever since the notion of God, people have debated what He is like, with many people disagreeing. Talking about God and His existence can often be more confusing than clarifying. However, as Catholics, if we use our resources, we can discover what the Church teaches about the various characteristics, attributes, and qualities of God. An important…
general groups, the believers in God and the believers in science. The believers in science don't believe in God because they think everything was created naturally or by the big bang theory, while the believers in God are usually religious and believe that the bible and Jesus are clear evidence that God exist. Both of the sides are neither wrong nor right and the only way to find if God exist is up to God himself. People need to see things to believe them and if God would come to this world…
Descartes: Proofs for God existence and the nature of human’s mistakes Rene Descartes, a famous French philosophy, was known as “the Father of modern philosophy”. With his formidable and broad knowledge, Descartes fostered his desire to seek for only true beliefs that were certain and indubitably true. In his work, the Rene Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes reiterated his intellectual process of doubting and questioning all the essences of corporeal and intangible…
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…
suspicions made him to doubt about the existence of the God, who acts in Descartes technique as a warrantor…
evidence to support belief in God. There have been many philosophical thinkers who have looked into this controversy. Is there a God and if there is how can we prove this is true? There were many philosophical thinkers that had an opinion on this topic, some of the most important in stating sufficient evidence proving gods existence were Saint Augustine, Saint Anslem, and Saint Thomas Aquinas. Saint Augustine was dealing with God and the future. Augustine thought that God knew the future and if…
The existence of God, a topic discussed in both William Rowe’s and Robin Collins’ papers, but for two very different reasons. The argument of good vs. evil and the existence of an omnipresent, benevolent being such as God is a topic that many find very difficult to find answers for, and will continue to plague mankind for the rest of our existence. After reading the published works of Mr. Collins and Mr. Rowe, one may find it easier to formulate their own opinion. In the publication by Mr.…
In almost all religions, God is seen as perfect; he has unlimited power (omnipotent), all knowing (omniscient), and infinite benevolence (omnibenevolent). Because of this, people have difficulty in explaining why an all knowing, powerful, benevolent God would allow evil to exist in our universe. The term is called The Problem of Evil, and has been a topic of debates for hundreds of years. In “Dialogue on Good, Evil, and the Existence of God” by John Perry, three philosophers discuss the dilemma.…
in Dialogue on Good, Evil, and The Existence of God by John Perry, the dialogue does not disprove the idea of God. This book focuses on three main characters: Gretchen Weirob, Sam Miller, and Dave Cohen and their debates about the existence of God. This drawn-out discussion begins when Miller visits his flu-ridden friend Weirob and asks to pray for her. Weirob immediately declines and this sparks a three-day long conversation, where Cohen joins in later, on who God is, the reason for evils in…