Does God Exist?
Does God Exist?
The question “Does God exist?” is an extremely expansive and immense topic that has been debated for centuries. This question has plagued mankind since we began to think logically. It is difficult to say whether there may or may not be a god, or even many gods, as we have limited knowledge regarding this issue. We currently even question God’s existence today, however the answer can never certainly and truly be found. There is evidence supporting his existence, but there is also evidence suggesting that his existence is not genuine. The famous teleological and ontological theories both link to each other for this topic, as they are both recognised for agreeing through reason that God exists, however this is opposed with the situation that they are based on common sense, but not fact, a belief that Descartes would agree with. The argument about God’s possible existence also leads many to believe that we created this figure to look to for guidance, to have someone to lead us, and also to blame.
Both teleological and ontological arguments stand on reason alone. The ontological argument argues that since existence is possible, to exist is greater than to not exist, thus God must exist. This concept portrays that someone declaring that “God does not exist” is contradicting, as according to this argument this would mean that something greater would have to exist, which is not possible because you cannot have something greater than that which no greater can be formed. The teleological argument debates that it takes a designer to have a design, and in this case, the ‘designer’ is God. This originates from the word telos, which means purpose, or goal. Every life form on Earth is highly complex, such as a strand of DNA, containing all programming for our entire bodies to function properly. Due to this theory, it cannot be a coincidence, as the chance of this randomly occurring is beyond imagination. Someone with an intention had to have existed to
The question “Does God exist?” is an extremely expansive and immense topic that has been debated for centuries. This question has plagued mankind since we began to think logically. It is difficult to say whether there may or may not be a god, or even many gods, as we have limited knowledge regarding this issue. We currently even question God’s existence today, however the answer can never certainly and truly be found. There is evidence supporting his existence, but there is also evidence suggesting that his existence is not genuine. The famous teleological and ontological theories both link to each other for this topic, as they are both recognised for agreeing through reason that God exists, however this is opposed with the situation that they are based on common sense, but not fact, a belief that Descartes would agree with. The argument about God’s possible existence also leads many to believe that we created this figure to look to for guidance, to have someone to lead us, and also to blame.
Both teleological and ontological arguments stand on reason alone. The ontological argument argues that since existence is possible, to exist is greater than to not exist, thus God must exist. This concept portrays that someone declaring that “God does not exist” is contradicting, as according to this argument this would mean that something greater would have to exist, which is not possible because you cannot have something greater than that which no greater can be formed. The teleological argument debates that it takes a designer to have a design, and in this case, the ‘designer’ is God. This originates from the word telos, which means purpose, or goal. Every life form on Earth is highly complex, such as a strand of DNA, containing all programming for our entire bodies to function properly. Due to this theory, it cannot be a coincidence, as the chance of this randomly occurring is beyond imagination. Someone with an intention had to have existed to
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