point. It is not trying to prove the existence of Christian God‚ or that there is no God or no god but rather using philosophical arguments backed up by philosophers to give the top arguments on why there is something. In the tooth and nail battle of ethnicity‚ equality‚ and religion we live in today I find it interesting and commend them for making such statement. Also me being a Christian I am used to seeing Philosophy and Science used to disprove the existence of God or god‚ and found it different
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Late decades have seen an ascent in enthusiasm for characteristic religious philosophy and the theory of religion. Each of the exemplary mystical verifications has been resuscitated and refined‚ exhibited in changed shape and safeguarded anew. Whether any of these contentions for the presence of God is fruitful‚ obviously‚ stays questionable. Pascal’s Wager is a contention for confidence in God construct not in light of an engage proof that God exists but instead in view of a speak to self-interest
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Identifying and Explaining the rational defensibility and Validty of God ’s Existence John Schwandner Grand Canyon University Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics PHI-103 Dena Hurst September 03‚ 2011 Identifying and Explaining the rational defensibility and Validity of God ’s Existence I believe that when we start believing in God is from birth. We are taught about god from day one until the day we die. My belief and I tell everybody that will listen to me that God is for real he created
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humans? There are atheist that say no‚ and theist that say yes. But who is truly right in their conclusions of God’s existence. Philosophers have debated the highly controversial issue‚ and many proofs have been claimed of God’s existence. However‚ for every good claim there is a counter to the claim as well. There are many reasons which people have argued the existence of a God‚ but the main four points; there is no scientific proof‚ religion contradicts itself‚ the idea that God is omniscient
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Thomas Aquinas is a prominent figure for someone who believes‚ preaches‚ and teaches about Gods existence. Aquinas made what is known to be called the Summa Theologica. This piece of writing is known to talk about the relationship between God and man along with questions and articles to show that God truly exists. Part one‚ question number two in the Summa talks about the existence of God. In this section of Aquinas’ writing‚ he gives three articles which are questions to support his claim on the
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How convincing is the Kalam argument as proof of the existence of Allah The first premise is relatively uncontroversial‚ and is rooted in the metaphysical principle that out of nothing‚ nothing comes. The denial of the first premise‚ although strictly logically possible‚ is metaphysically unactualizable. By definition‚ nothing has no potentialities. Thus‚ it is impossible for something to arise out of nothing‚ for how can its existence be actualized if the potential is not there? The truth of the
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examine one of Descartes ’ arguments for the existence of God Descartes ’ Meditation III provides a causal and cosmological argument that God exists. Having used the Method of Doubt in Meditations I and II in order to reject his false beliefs‚ Descartes assumes that the only things he knows at this point are the conclusions reached at Meditations I and II. Having also doubted judgements in arithmetic and geometry because of the possibility of the existence of an evil demon‚ Descartes wishes to find
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“God’s existence can be proved a priori” Discuss Trying to prove that God exists is a difficult argument and many people have tried many different ways. The Ontological argument is one argument; at the centre of the argument is the concept of existence. The Ontological argument has been argued from a group of philosophers for the existence of God. "Ontological" means talking about being and so that being is the existence of God. The ontological argument differs from other arguments in favour
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Aquinas’ Cosmological Ways Introduction Thomas Aquinas is a medieval scholar who wrote the five cosmological arguments that support the existence of God. A cosmological argument is an argument that supports the existence of God and that everything that exists was caused by something else. One of Aquinas’ ways to prove God’s existence is through the argument of possibility and necessity. He argues that there must be a first necessary being to set the chain of causes in motion which results in the
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argument for the existence of God (18) The ontological argument rests on the premise that the universe’s existence is contingent- it depends on something else to exist. The argument is deductive‚ analytic and a priori‚ and was first formed by St. Anselm‚ who prayed for a short argument that would prove God to be “that than which nothing greater can be conceived”. This prayer was called the proslogion and tried to prove God by means of reductio ad absurdum‚ which states that the existence of God is logically
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