Does God Exist Research Paper
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By R. Anastasia Tremaine - November, 2001 VISIT www.paperwriters.com/aftersale.htm -- for more information on using this paper properly! Does God Exist? : This 5 page paper explores the question, using Descartes argument as a springboard for discussion. Lack of scientific evidence of God 's existence is discussed.
Bibliography lists 5 sources. SA148God.rtf I. Introduction and Overview Does God exist? Perhaps there is no more important question, and no question that has been more illusively answered. It is hard to prove that something for which only scant evidence exists, and no scientific proof appears, actually is real. When people try to prove the existence of …show more content…
Research and Findings Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is the source of all truth (Honderich 190). Descartes reasons that the content of the idea of infinite perfection is so great that he could not have constructed it from his own resources (190). In other words, when one looks around and sees the world in all its complexity-the circus fairs, the 140-story buildings, the pyramids, jet planes, television, the Internet-it would be impossible for someone of limited knowledge to create this world. It must have been propelled by a superior being who designed man to be able to accomplish all he is able. Can man be an accident if the world is so perfect? Descartes thinks not. This is similar to Hume 's argument from …show more content…
He suggests that rather than trying to understand how God came to be, one should begin with revelation and the statement that God is love (703). Another thought is that God is simply beyond human understanding (Stecher 25). If that is accepted, then no other statement about God needs to be made (25). Stecher goes on to query the term "existence" and says that God 's existence depends on what that word means (25). That is not much different from Bill Clinton trying to define the word "is." There still exists a fundamental problem of determining whether or not God exists. Can Descartes be right, or are his critics correct? Or, perhaps there is another explanation or proof that God
By R. Anastasia Tremaine - November, 2001 VISIT www.paperwriters.com/aftersale.htm -- for more information on using this paper properly! Does God Exist? : This 5 page paper explores the question, using Descartes argument as a springboard for discussion. Lack of scientific evidence of God 's existence is discussed.
Bibliography lists 5 sources. SA148God.rtf I. Introduction and Overview Does God exist? Perhaps there is no more important question, and no question that has been more illusively answered. It is hard to prove that something for which only scant evidence exists, and no scientific proof appears, actually is real. When people try to prove the existence of …show more content…
Research and Findings Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is the source of all truth (Honderich 190). Descartes reasons that the content of the idea of infinite perfection is so great that he could not have constructed it from his own resources (190). In other words, when one looks around and sees the world in all its complexity-the circus fairs, the 140-story buildings, the pyramids, jet planes, television, the Internet-it would be impossible for someone of limited knowledge to create this world. It must have been propelled by a superior being who designed man to be able to accomplish all he is able. Can man be an accident if the world is so perfect? Descartes thinks not. This is similar to Hume 's argument from …show more content…
He suggests that rather than trying to understand how God came to be, one should begin with revelation and the statement that God is love (703). Another thought is that God is simply beyond human understanding (Stecher 25). If that is accepted, then no other statement about God needs to be made (25). Stecher goes on to query the term "existence" and says that God 's existence depends on what that word means (25). That is not much different from Bill Clinton trying to define the word "is." There still exists a fundamental problem of determining whether or not God exists. Can Descartes be right, or are his critics correct? Or, perhaps there is another explanation or proof that God