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infer that there is or was at some point at least one watchmaker who thought of, designed, and created this watch for the purpose of telling time. This story is used as an analogy for God and the Universe, God being the watchmaker, and the Universe being the watch. So, for the following text, regard the watch to the Universe and all that God has been thought to create in it, and God as the watchmaker.…

potentiality and actuality, and nothing able to move itself, ‘motion must be put into motion by another.’ Now to connect this to God, Aquinas argues that if things can only be put in motion by the mover before them, there must be a first mover, moved by no one before him. And that is God. In Aquinas’ third proof he argues necessity. He says that things can be and not be, and things can go into…

Justine did not at all blow up on Sam so that was a good thing. Since they waited so long to see each other the feelings were brought down so then she had time to think about it. The smoothing method is a very effective method during any sort of argument and I really encourage myself and others to use that method for the greater…

should look like. For instance, “Mary Baker Eddy the founder of Christian Science, referred to God as “our father our Mother,” (Roots of Wisdom Pg. 192). The thought that God could be a women is very interesting. If you think about it, if God was the one who gave birth to the world and created all of us isn’t it and appropriate conclusion that possibly God could be a woman? Also, another nontraditional image of God is Jesus as a mestizo. “Virgil Elizondo, claims that being a Jew in Galilee was…

Professor Mark E. Weber 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…

Does the idea of perfection in any way imply the existence of perfection? This question formed the basis of Anselm’s Ontological argument. Anselm advocated the existence of God as an infinite and perfect being not just in the mind, but also in reality. This concept of the existence of a perfect being was challenged by another philosopher named Gaunilon, who compared the existence of God with that of a perfect island. Anselm’s reply to Gaunilon was that there is no comparison between the two,…

When it comes to the position of the existence of God, several arguments are debated. The cosmological argument, according to the text, holds the position that the universe exists and that something outside of the universe is required to explain its existence; that something being God (Pojman, 57). William Paley presented an inductive, teleological argument in which he believes that we complex beings didn’t occur naturally, thus, the universe must have an intelligent designer (class notes). An…

convincing? Yes. Explain your reasons. Motion Causality Contingency Degrees Design Aquinas' First Argument, Motion (1) Objects are in motion. (2) If something is in motion, then it must be caused to be in motion by something outside of itself. (3) There can be no infinite chain of movers/moves. (4) So there is a first, unmoved mover. (5) Therefore, God exists. I have chosen proof number one, which is Motion and number five Design. Thomas Aquinas argues that we are certain, because…

The argument from design, or teleological argument, is an argument that states everything in the world is made just so that we can manage to live in it, and if the world was ever so little different we could not manage to live in it” (Philosophy 57-58). In 1802 William Paley’s introduced his own argument where he compared the complexity of living things to the complexity of a watch. Just as a watch would not be able to exist without a watchmaker, Paley argues living thing would not be able to…

defend my thesis that all things with a purpose must have an intelligent designer. I will do this by discussing my arguments that support my thesis and expelling any potential opposing arguments concerning them. If something plays a certain role it has a purpose and everything with a purpose was designed for that purpose, so all things with purpose are designed. To examine my argument and to establish that all things that play a role are designed, I have given the following premises support my…