Existence

Mackie begins his article by stating that all arguments for the existence of God can be proven false. Mackie is targeting the theist with this argument, but states that the theist can still believe in God and accept the criticism. Mackie uses “the problem of evil” for his main argument. Mackie uses the problem of evil to show that the belief in God lacks rational support, and is essentially irrational. Mackie claims that the following sentences cannot all be true at the same time: “God is…

What is the problem of evil, and how compelling is it as an argument for God’s non-existence? The problem of evil is as follows: 1. If God exists, God is a perfectly benevolent omnipotent being by definition. This means that God can do absolutely anything as long as it is physically and logically possible. God is also kind and fair. 2. A perfectly benevolent being would want to prevent any unnecessary evil if they could. They would not allow there to be any type of evil in the universe they…

Augustine asserts that despite being the most intelligent being God created, Man’s speech and intellect are inadequate in explaining or understanding God’s essence. However, Augustine quotes Book of Wisdom, Psalms, and Prophet Isaiah when asserting that those who believe in God do not seek Him in vain. Those who seek God will find Him and find joy in the process. Augustine insists further that the search for God is continual process. After establishing the value of studying God, Augustine then…

The role 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…

priori premises. It was first offered by St. Anslem in the 11th century. St. Anslem was a Benedictine monk, priest and scholar. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to his death in 1109. (Lecture) The ontological argument aims to prove the existence of God from a priori premises including the definition of God: a being than which no greater being can be conceived. A priori proposition is knowledge that is gained through deduction. According to the definition, God is known to be…

not believe the existence of God is self-evident. When something such as God is self-evident to us as humanity the thing does not need to be proven. However, we as humans do not simply just know the facts of the universe (basis for self-evidence) we only know the facts we have slowly discovered through the sciences. Aquinas contrasts “self-evident to us” with “self-evident in itself.” As explained if the universe was self-evident to us, we would not need to try to prove the existence of God we…

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,…

Throughout the history of Philosophy the topic that is filled with the most arguments is the existence of a perfect being. Many people believe that a “perfect being” is capable of existing while others believe that the “perfect being” only exists in the form of God. Philosophy is flooded with arguments for and against the existence of God. I chose the photograph of The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci because the picture itself is of a man who seems to be completely proportional, a man who is…

October 19,2015 Teleological Arguments for the Existence of God A teleological argument is one of the most popular arguments of the existence of God. It bases the proof of the existence of God on the order and design of nature, or the structure of the universe.The universe didn’t just happen by chance and there is a purpose or goal. It is a causal argument and focus on modern ideas. There are several types of teleological arguments presented for Gods existence that include analogical, anthropic,…

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 to doubt everything. He says anything that he cannot doubt would be certain knowledge. There ended up being three things left that he could not prove, each one was either less real or…