whether or not God exists. This is the very question that has grasped the imagination of humanity since the birth of reason, and the same question that has plagued scientists and philosophers without coming close to an accepted conclusion. God is a word that means different things to different people. The definition for God, according to most monotheistic religions is the creator and ruler
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isn't a 'God' at all. There is no authenticated evidence to suggest that 'God' does exist. Whereas, there is more than enough evidence to support Darwin's theory. For example: human embryos, very early on in development, are almost identical to that of a fish. Embryos are clear signs of evolution as there are many similarities between human embryos and fish embryos, these are also almost identical to embryos of birds and reptiles, not just fish. The human eye is imperfect, if there was a 'God', surely
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Many people argue about whether God exists or not. Many people try to use science to prove Christians wrong. But what they haven't done, is use science to see if God is real. In this paper I will prove why God does exist, by showing scientific proof of an Almighty Creator. Many atheists, believe that the world was created with the Big Bang Theory, but with this, everything occurred by chance. But the earth is very perfect, which makes it seem like it was created by God. For example, lets look at some
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October 27th 2014 Does God exist? Descartes’ fifth Meditation argument for God's existence relies on an untenable notion that existence is a perfection and that it can be predicated of God. I shall first explain what Descartes’ argument for God's existence is, and then present his argument in propositional form. I will then attempt to support the argument that existence is neither a perfection nor a predicate of God. In our thoughts we apprehend ideas of things. These ideas may reside entirely
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The existence of God has been the subject of debate by philosophers, scientists, and for centuries. Three of these philosophers Anselm, Guanilo and Thomas of Aquinas explore some ideas on the topic of the existence of God. Anselm refers to Psalm 8 that says we need to seek God with our whole heart but he points out the fact we cannot see God so how can we seek God with our whole heart? Subsequently, Guanilo disagrees with Anselm’s comparison of God existence that leads them to go back and fourth
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is truly a God. The Problem of Evil poses an argument against His existence and in “ The Argument from Evil” Andrea Weisberger counters that argument. It is very easy to think that there is not a God based on all the evils that we see in the world, so why do some people still hold on to Him? The Problem of Evil could be use to argue against the existence of God. The Problem of Evil goes as follows: An omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent being would not allow evil to exist. Evil exist. Therefore
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Aquinas debate the existence of God. Anselm one of the philosophers gives an example of God's presence with a comparison of God's existence to the painter's idea of the painting because the concept of the painting has always existed. In disagreement, someone could not compare the existence of God to a painter's artwork because they are not the same. Thomas Aquinas the other philosopher would argue in another way that everything that has breath for this reason God does exist. These three philosophers
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through understanding, then that being should be able to exist in reality. His argument is not sound due to the possibility of other things such as perfect islands [1] could also exist if one were to think about the subject being perfect in every way. Some philosophers such as Gaunilo do not refute that god does not exist but that Anslems argument is unsound and that a better argument can be created. Anselm's definition of God starts by saying that God is the greatest being we can possibly think of and
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A Perfect God in a World with Evil? The orthodox theist defines God as an all-good, all-knowing and all-powerful being (Rauhut 186). An all-knowing God would be aware of all the evil and all the suffering taking place in this world. An all-powerful God would have the capacity to do something to prevent this evil and this suffering. Finally, an all-good God would have the want and the will to prevent all that evil and suffering and do something about it("Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy" ).This
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a predicate. You cannot talk about something and then state that it exists because we could do this with anything He gave the example of unicorns. Humans have an idea of what a unicorn is but this does not mean to say it exists just because we can picture what it could be like. Therefore in this example, we see through definition alone, God cannot be proved to be real because we could demand anything into existence but this does not mean it will happen. Similarly, Hume argued that we cannot define
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comes from you. When speaking of what is in the beginning, one must start with where all things begin. The idea of God has been in the hearts and minds of men since the beginning. Man interacts with what is outside of itself and has the capacity to abstract the nature of objects and realities. The highest reality which civilization has ever thought of is the possibility of God or gods. This possibility seems to have always been in the hearts and minds of every civilization. Since the most ancient
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The Existence of God The Ontological and Teleological arguments have multiple similarities and differences in the sense that they both are proving the existence of God, and how God is all powerful; but the major differences are the idea of the proving the existence solely through thought and the proven existence through the physical world and intricate order of nature. The Teleological argument goes more in-depth with its argument of the existence of God by providing more physical proof for people
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Universe Introduction The debate on the existence of God has been on the minds and across the tables of many intellects, philosophers, religious leaders, even scientists. Different theories come up proving the existence or the nonexistence of a supreme being who controls all systems and is the giver and sustainer of life. Theories like these suggest that God exists and different religions have established and proved the existence of God. On the other hand, scientists and evolutionists have also
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lead to, or support, belief in God. Firstly, a child’s parents will have told them that God is true (which is part of their marriage vows) and a child believes what their parents tell them. Secondly, a child that goes to Church will see so many people worshipping and praising God that the child is likely to think that God is real. Thirdly, if the child goes to a Catholic school they would have RE lessons in which the teachers will tell the child that God exists and a child believes what their
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Intro: The existence of God is one of the most basic yet complex questions raised in modern philosophy. Theists believe that a God does exist. Atheists believe in the exact opposite, that there is no god. Leaving agnostics to believe that there is no reason or proof that states that people should believe in one more than the other. Many arguments exist both confirming and refuting the existence of a god, most having counter-arguments that the premises with the conclusion of the argument. Numberless
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from contingency, the argument from degrees of excellence, and the final, argument from harmony. Pascal uses the logic of probability. He states that what is the worst that can happen if you believe God exists and he does exist or whats the worst that can happen if you believe he exist and he doesn't exist and vice versa. In this essay I will be writing about each philosophers argument and comparing their arguments. Thomas Aquinas states in his first argument, the argument from change, that everything
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Delaney July 22, 2009 Existence of God Anselm’s ontological argument for the existence of God is that God is the greatest possible being. Anselm’s ontological argument gave meaning to God’s existence. Ontological argument is defined as the existence of God attempts the method of a priori proof, which uses intuition and reason alone. “Anselm defines God by saying God is that “which nothing greater can be conceived.” One way to interpret this phrase is to define “God” as maximal perfection, i.e. the
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Does God Exist? An ongoing question that will never have a certain answer is whether god exits? When you think about this question, a lot of other questions come out of this one question. Questions like “What is God?” “Where is God?” and how is God doing all of this?” All of these questions pop up in our heads for nothing because these questions will never be answered if you really think God exists. There are questions in life that you want an answer for in order to lead to happiness or a meaningful
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The question of the existence of God plagues humanity. For centuries, philosophers debated the question of this existence. One philosopher, H. J. McCloskey, wrote an article in February 1968 entitled "On Being an Atheist." In his article McCloskey argues against the three common arguments for the existence of God. The arguments, or proofs as McCloskey refers to them, are the cosmological argument, the teleological argument, and the argument from design. While most scholars see the last two arguments
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interesting questions in the world is, “If a God exists, why is there evil in the world?” Most people respond with, “If God created the universe and us, then there should not be evil in the world,” when asked about God or any other powerful being. The problem of evil is also believed to be the cause of Atheism, and I do believe that there is a solution for this. The problem of evil is not a correct argument. The arguments from evil state that if there is a God who is omniscient, omnipotent and perfectly
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Does Religion give life meaning and purpose? Does Religion give life meaning and purpose? Yes it does. A Christian will insist and believes that there is an Almighty God. A Buddhist will want to try to achieve enlightenment and a Hindu will want to achieve Moksha. An atheist is a person who disbelieves in the existence of God or gods of other religions. An atheist thinks that religion is no what gives life meaning. They think that the meaning of your life is based on how you live it. Atheists believe
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definition of God 3.2 No empirical evidence 3.3 Existence may not be a predicate 3.4 Only indicate God exists necessarily 6 – 8 4. Conclusion 8 5. References 9 1. St. Anselm’s “The Ontological Argument” The Ontological Argument raised by St. Anselm in Proslogion was used to prove the existence of God. There are other forms of ontological argument, for instance, Descartes’s, but this paper is going to focus on the one raised by St. Anselm.
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there is nothing good associated with the term. But if there is a God in this world then why does God allow evil acts to occur in this world? Many may argue there is no God due to this because if there was a God then he would not allow “evil” things. If God does not allow evil actions to occur, but yet these wrong acts/events still occur then many may argue that God is not possible with the existence of Evil. But in order for Evil to exist existence then there must be God’s existence to balance out the
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From birth to death, we search for what's yet to be known We and hope and pray and ask, but we are never shown” - George Petit St. Thomas Aquinas explores in Question Two: The Existence of God the over arching question of whether God exists. He examines five reasons or arguments as too how God must exist and the ways in which it can be proved. The most interesting of which is argument number three, that is the reductio argument, or rather the argument from possibility and necessity. In his argument
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possible to prove whether God does or does not really exist. Since this is true, he thinks that it is better to believe that God exists, due to the reward being eternal happiness forever. If one doesn’t believe in His existence, they would be punished to eternal damnation. If God doesn’t exist, but you believed, you lose nothing whereas if you do not believe in a God that doesn’t exist, you gain nothing. His argument says that reason and intellect can’t decide whether God exists or not, and therefore
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Traditionally, when interpreting the God described in the Old Testament, most theological frame works will posit an argument of free will in association with the perfect goodness they believe this God possesses. However, Baruch Spinoza creates a radically unorthodox frame work in which he has preserved the basic tenets often ascribed to this God (e.g. omnipotence, all-knowing, etc.), but at the cost of freewill. Spinoza essentially believes that anything that can exist will exist. Based upon this he builds
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Mackie and William Rowe. Both versions of the problem of evil conclude that there exists no God who has the properties of being omnipotent and benevolent because of the evil that exists in the world. Despite their promising arguments and the further disagreements of theists, this paper will support the success of Rowe’s argument due to his more supportive logical reasoning. Many philosophers debate the existence of God in the sense of evidence, such as theistic proofs. These theistic proofs are used
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2013 “The Existence of God” There is no way I can deny the existence of God, and the existence of religion. Atheists rely heavily on science to make their claim to God’s non existence and likewise religion. Recasting traditional formal arguments and beliefs in scientific language gives them greater credibility in the minds of many. I respect the opinion of atheist and other free thinkers, but I do not share their beliefs in the non existence of God. However I agree that formal
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and its relevance to the existence of God. This paper will be about the problem of evil and how the free will defense explained the existence of an omnipotent being. The problem of evil, as stated by Inwagen, is that it contradicts the existence of God. We live in a world where evil is a constant part of many people’s lives. If there were a God, why would they continue to let such horrors continue? The argument of evil assumes that there are two features of God that are supposed to be non-negotiable
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Throughout the world both philosophy and religion are studies heavily. Although both have completely different definitions and meanings, they provide us with and explanation and knowledge of God. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, philosophy is defined as being a “pursuit of wisdom”, “a search for a general understanding of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than observational means”, and “an analysis of the grounds and concepts expressing fundamental beliefs.” Philosophy is a
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