m Paper The reconstruction of God’s role at the end of first meditation would be to perhaps eliminate him all at once or to rethink what we find doubts in. Throughout Descartes first meditation, doubt is used as a weapon to question everything you’ve thought or known to be true. The skepticism will lead to endless possibilities, however if we change our perception of our doubts, as a result everything that ever had certainty would have an entire new meaning. Not necessarily discrediting the existence of an object or person, but allowing our doubts to guide us into a different perspective, rather than complete rejection of a belief. Through this God’s role is still primitive, but there would be a better understand of the belief of his existence.…show more content… Descartes only way of proving God’s existence is by trying proving the existence of an evil genius, but by doing so he’s only created two major doubts. Descartes mentions his belief, ‘’ some evil genius not less powerful than deceitful, has employed his whole energies in deceiving me.’’ Through this logic Descartes cannot even prove God’s existence, instead he creates an entire new entity to place his doubts in. Descartes only makes it more doubt more difficult through this process. However, if one discredits God, you discredit the evil genius and you may be able to free yourself of doubt. If God’s role no longer exists, Descartes believes we are even more likely to succumb to deception. However, I would say this is the solution to Descartes problem. If God who is presumed to be a perfect being doesn’t exist, then our senses aren’t imperfect. We would no longer be held at the standard of God or a counter argument for…show more content… Descartes perceives doubts in a negative way because he believes its deception. Although deception can be found anywhere in anything thing or person, that doesn’t mean doubt itself has to have a negative connotation attached to it. Descartes seeks knowledge that has a well stabilized foundation, one that is unquestionable. However, if Descartes looks at doubt in a positive way, instead of using it as a tool to justify everything he has ever known, he’d realize doubt itself doesn’t have to discredit God. During the first meditation doubt causes one to go in a frenzy state of skepticism. Doubt doesn’t have to invalidate beliefs, but can be viewed on a spectrum of possible outcomes. Doubt doesn’t have to be an instrument that we use to find indisputable facts, but rather realizing how doubt may use us as an instrument in trying to unravel revelations. When we doubt, we come to the conclusion of various outcomes and as humans we try to pick one that makes the most sense. Perhaps, that is God’s primary role throughout his existence. If doubt leads to answers, then we have to change the way we view doubt. It opens the endless possibilities of outcomes, rather than shutting down multiple
