God's Existance
Is proof for the existence of God necessary?
PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning
Instructor
September 17, 2013
Is proof for the existence of God necessary?
When you ask a human how the universe evolved some will say that man created the universe. Next question, how can man create something in outer space? Now the room is silent, why is that? How can you answer a question that cannot be answered? So why do you need proof that God exist, what will that prove, that people are actually worshipping God, instead of what people say is an inanimate object.
In the beginning God created the heaven and earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters (Genesis 1:1-2). There are many traditional proofs for the existence of God, and we will look at three, the argument from design, the ontological argument and the cosmological argument.
There are many ways that the universe might have been, it might have had different arrangement of planets and stars; it might have begun with a bigger or smaller big bang; the vast majority of these universes would not have existence of life. We are fortunate indeed to have a universe that does.
The argument of design, picture looking at a rectangular skyscraper and examined the structure within it, you might think that this intricate structure was not the outcome of mere chance, but had been designed. Now look at the universe, is it possible that such an intricate stricture, from the orbits off planets around the sun to the cells in your bloodstream could all have happened by chance? Surly, this enormously complex structure has been designed, and the being that designed it must be God.
Charles Darwin argues that to be proof of God could be the result of years of evolutionary change. I disagree with Darwin argument, how can the proof of God existence, be evolutionary if God existence never changes. Who created
PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning
Instructor
September 17, 2013
Is proof for the existence of God necessary?
When you ask a human how the universe evolved some will say that man created the universe. Next question, how can man create something in outer space? Now the room is silent, why is that? How can you answer a question that cannot be answered? So why do you need proof that God exist, what will that prove, that people are actually worshipping God, instead of what people say is an inanimate object.
In the beginning God created the heaven and earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters (Genesis 1:1-2). There are many traditional proofs for the existence of God, and we will look at three, the argument from design, the ontological argument and the cosmological argument.
There are many ways that the universe might have been, it might have had different arrangement of planets and stars; it might have begun with a bigger or smaller big bang; the vast majority of these universes would not have existence of life. We are fortunate indeed to have a universe that does.
The argument of design, picture looking at a rectangular skyscraper and examined the structure within it, you might think that this intricate structure was not the outcome of mere chance, but had been designed. Now look at the universe, is it possible that such an intricate stricture, from the orbits off planets around the sun to the cells in your bloodstream could all have happened by chance? Surly, this enormously complex structure has been designed, and the being that designed it must be God.
Charles Darwin argues that to be proof of God could be the result of years of evolutionary change. I disagree with Darwin argument, how can the proof of God existence, be evolutionary if God existence never changes. Who created
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