Descartes Essay: Existence of God Descartes’ Third Meditation focuses on the existence of God. He describes God as ‘a certain substance that is infinite‚ independent‚ supremely intelligent and supremely powerful‚ and that created me along with everything else that exists – if anything else exists’ (Descartes‚ 25). In this Meditation‚ he states a fundamental principle that ‘there must be as much [reality] in the cause as there is in its effect’. This is the question of the existence of infinity when
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The Existence of God Kimberly Mongold PHI 208 Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor Kenneth Mentor April 07‚ 2013 Since the beginning of time people have often questioned the meaning of life‚ how the universe was created and the purpose for the wildlife and creatures that roam the earth. These things often lead us to question the existence of God. In order to even begin to answer these complex questions we must uncover the source of all of these occurrences. In this paper I will
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The mere existence of a greater being‚ God has been a debate for longer than almost any other scientific in history. We are told that McCloskey refers to arguments as proofs and often implies that they cannot definitively establish the case for God‚ so therefore they should be abandoned. He says that because these arguments/debates‚ have no proof he dismisses the term argument and refers to them as “proofs”. McCloskey states that theists do not believe in God because said proofs but rather than as
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The Existence of God For centuries‚ the idea of God has been a part of man’s history. Past and present‚ there has always been a different integration consisting of the believers and the non-believers of God. The group of those who have "faith" in God tend to be related to one religion or another. On the other hand‚ the skeptics find the existence of God somewhat puzzling and try to seek the answers through scientific methods. Even as of today with all the modern technologies and the development
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of the non-existence or existence of the traditional Christian God. II. Simply put we do not have enough evidence to know whether God exists or not‚ there are too many epistemological issues to pair with the limitations of human exploration. While many questions can be asked to raise inquiry about Gods existence‚ there are none that demonstrate it to be false or true. Therefore‚ both atheists and theists are wrong in their proclamations that it is possible to decipher Gods existence or not. While
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Utilitarianism or God‚ do we have to choose? During many years that question is being formulated and many scholars had a very difficult time to decide if it was possible to follow God’s will and the principle of utility maximization. The principle of utility maximization was a theory created by John Stuart Mill and presented in his book Utilitarianism (1863). Societies throughout the years have argued that those theories are hard to combine‚ since Utilitarianism seeks for self-development and
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Can religious experience be used to justify belief in God? Religious experiences mark the crucial events of the major religions and are the primary substance of their sacred texts. They also have been the foundational source upon which billions of people anchor their beliefs‚ faiths and practices from Taoism to Mormonism. Here we will first outline the term religious experience‚ how it will be used and the constraints that define it. Next we will show how a religious experience is actually a miracle
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Belief in God by C. Stephen Evans 1. Name of author‚ title‚ appropriate publishing information‚ followed by a verb such as argues‚ believes‚ reports‚ and finally a "that clause containing the author’s thesis or major assertion. In "The Mystery of Persons and Belief in God" from the web site http://www.orgins.org/articles/evans_mysterypersons.html‚ C. Stephen Evans asserts that if we examine human nature and desires with a Christian mindset‚ we will discover good reasons for believing in God. 2.
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reasonable to believe in God in the 21st Century? In a scientific age‚ it is getting harder and harder to believe in god due to the frequent scientific discoveries but does that really change the thoughts and opinions of those who choose to believe in such a thing? This is a very hotly debated question as over 51 per cent of the population believe in God but there is evidence to suggest that a hundred years ago‚ a smaller number but a higher percentage of people believed in a God. So therefore why has
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Wager’ provide a convincing argument for belief in God? Published in 1670 and named after French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal; the philosophical theory of Pascal’s Wager reasons that to believe in God is a decision made in a time of uncertainty. The Wager also explains that whether or not God exists‚ we can estimate the outcome; an infinite reward or an infinite punishment. This suggests that the rational choice to live as if God exists is the better of the possible choices; yet
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