Existence of God

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 argues next that human experience is completely wrong; that the world is changeless, timeless, single, and ungenerated; and that, perhaps as a…

The Existence of God This argument about the existence of God, better known as the cosmological argument, begins with the late philosopher Aristotle. Similar to a modern day natural scientist, he believed that we could ascertain more about the world and the very fundamental nature of things within our world just by observing and recording. In many ways Aristotle resemble a modern day artist, a person who goes through life experiencing and watching all different types of energy that’s around,…

is false. In this case Anselm’s hypothesis is that God does not exist and proves it to be false proving that God does in fact exist. His argument rests upon the conception of God as “that than which no greater can be conceived”. This argument is supposed to conflict with the hypothesis and prove that God does indeed exist. He starts out his argument propositions that do not rely on experience for their grounds. Then he goes on by proving that God exists by purely rational means. His…

Existence of God The argument about Gods existence is one of the most exploited subjects among different scholars and philosophers in the world. It is a question that most people have been defeated to tackle in the sense that, no significant evidence has been set to dispute or acknowledge the fact that God exists. In this context, it is still an ongoing process, and therefore different people have set different explanations. To most individuals and religious groups in the world, the existence…

which argue for the existence of God, but rather his discussion of clarity and distinctness. (Descartes 168-170) Descartes says “A certain opinion of long standing has been fixed in my mind …. That there exists a God.” (Descartes 168) His belief in God gives him the idea that as long as we are perceiving reality with clarity and distinctness God, who is all good and perfect to Descartes, would not deceive us and have us exist in a false reality. (Descartes 168) Whether God exists or not, there…

The existence of God has been a topic that has been widely debated and discussed by various philosophers throughout past centuries. Even though it is nearly impossible to prove beyond a shadow of doubt that God definitely exists, His presence is still felt through the evidence of his work. The fact that God is not something made up of matter and not someone we are able to see with our own eyes makes it easy for people to be skeptical of his existence. But to simply dismiss His existence because…

Argument in Proving the Existence of God? For centuries, the existence of God has been questioned and argued by many different philosophers. One of the “big three” arguments is the Ontological Argument, an argument that could be said to be valid, as it has a good structure, but the soundness is questionable. The argument was founded by St Anselm (1033-1109) on the basis of two things: firstly, that God is “that than which nothing greater can be conceived” , which means that God is the most…

The idea of a supreme has been around since the beginning of time, and many different arguments have been used in attempt to prove the existence of a god. One of the most well-known arguments for the existence of the Judeo-Christian God is Anselm’s ontological argument. Ontological arguments use natural theology which attempts to prove God existence by using logic, reason, and shared evidence. Scripture, religious experience, and divine revelation are all used as tools. Many great philosophers…

In the Third Meditation, Descartes provides an argument for the existence of God that has been a great source of discussion and debate since. With the Meditations, Descartes attempted to deconstruct and destroy all of his beliefs and all foundations of knowledge in order to accomplish two aims: to provide a sound basis for scientific method and to prove the compatibility between science and religion. With the Meditations, Descartes was determined to figure out what he knew with certainty and did…

for the existence of God Descartes applies the ‘Cogito ergo sum’ (‘I think therefore I am’) argument from the second meditation to prove another foundational truth, which is the existence of God. He uses his personal Christian belief and definition of God to build upon this proposition and tries to prove that something besides him exists by contemplating his idea of God. This essay will explain and assess Descartes’ aetiological and cause of existence arguments for the existence of God by…