naturally born with‚ taught over time or given to you by a higher power? This argument leads to the existence of moral values by many philosophers including William Lane Craig. One of his excerpts argues that if there is an existence of moral values‚ which some people agree‚ then there is the existence of God. He explains‚ "God provides the best explanation for objective moral values in the world. If God does not exist‚ then objective moral values do not exist." Craig says that even the most influential
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Descartes and Plato Explain both of descartes Arguments for the existence of God Descartes proof of God’s existence comes from his third meditation and is based on three ideas. He argues that innate idea exists within us‚ the fictitious or invented ideas are a result of our own imagination and adventitious ideas result from our experiences in the world. Descartes said‚ the idea of God is innate and cannot be invented. Descartes presents some arguments that lead to his conclusion. The first
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that God exits in reality as well as in the understanding. Anselm’s first premise states that God exists in the understanding. The second premise states that God might have existed in reality. If something exits only in understanding and might have existed in reality‚ then it might have been greater than it is as stated in the third premise. If God can only exist as an idea in the mind‚ then we can imagine something greater than God. But we cannot imagine something that is greater than God. Therefore
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(Sayre‚ 2011). However‚ Descartes has unique way of metaphysical argument concerning existence of God. Descartes’ Discourse on the Method (Part IV) ends surprisingly with a claim of God’s existence‚ which can be deduced from the interrelationship between mind‚ soul and our existence. Descartes began the fourth section by discussing about himself. The reading up to the point where he gives credit to a supreme being‚ God‚ could only suggest that Descartes was discussing about his philosophical thought
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for the existence of God has been questioned many a time and astounded many philosophers and scientists alike. By looking at certain arguments for the existence of God we are not only attempting to see if God exists but what God is like. Omniscient (All seeing)‚ omnipresent (Present everywhere)‚ omnipotent (All powerful)‚ Benevolent (Good) and Eternal (Always Existed) are some of the words used to define God. By using these definitions philosophers have tried to reveal the existence of God through
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The Existence of God The most argued over topic in the world is undoubtedly the existence of “God”. But after thousands of years it is still impossible to prove his existence or nonexistence. In the scientific community it is required that there is ample data to prove a claim‚ but in the modern world “Gods” existence is based on faith or of forms of proof. So how do we know if he is real or not? Thomas Aquinas is a firm believer of the existence of a god; He argues for the proof of god by his
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in an any-case-possibility. What Descartes came up with after going through and doubting everything was the cogito‚ ergo sum or "I think‚ therefore I am." What this meant was if you are thinking‚ you are existing. "The self that doubts its own existence must surely exist
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argument that Aquinas uses to prove the existence of God. Aquinas argues that‚ “Nothing can move itself‚ so whatever is in motion must be put in motion by another‚ and that by another again. But this causal loop cannot go on to infinity‚ so if every object in motion had a mover‚ there must be a first mover which is the unmoved mover‚ called God.” (Aquinas‚ Question 2‚ Article 3). I do agree with Aquinas’s cosmological argument in proving the existence of God with several reasons. According
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Korea‚ most of people who are on the wrong way forced me to believe in God‚ or you will go to hell that makes me unpleasant and distrusting about them and God. Nevertheless‚ there are many devout Christians in Murray who never force me to believe in God so I’m still interested in religion‚ especially Christianity. I realized that I have a serious prejudice against them. To put it extremely‚ I thought the person who has a faith in God is weird although most of Christians are devout and nice more than
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for something beyond what they can understand and look into the supernatural; others just discard the possibility of the supernatural’s existence altogether as a figment of their imagination and never find out how much more there is to life. What many people do not realize though is that there are many different evidences that prove its existence happening everyday‚ if people would just take the time to notice them. Take into account that people have their own opinions about these
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