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    The cosmological arguments are inductive arguments based on an ‘a posteriori’ premise‚ which‚ despite having been introduced many years ago‚ continue to be prevalent today. An early example of the argument is within ‘Timaeus’‚ in which Plato proposed the idea that anything that has been created must be created by a cause. These arguments are intended to prove the existence of the God of Classical Theism by explaining that God must be the first cause of the universe; the being setting the world into

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    of the universe requires God as a first cause? The concept that there cannot be nothing and so must be something is due to the evidence we as human beings have experienced throughout our lives; every effect ever made has had a cause. Aquinas used the laws of Motion and Design to demonstrate how every action must have a correlating reaction‚ and related this to his argument for God being the first cause – the uncaused causer. This is laid out in the Cosmological Argument‚ taken directly from the

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    The Cosmological Argument a. Explain how the cosmological argument tries to prove that there must be a God (30) b. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the cosmological argument. Part B Even though Aquinas puts forth a convincing argument about the existence of the universe; some critics have opposed to this claim as they do not believe it is sufficient evidence. One argument against Aquinas is the fact that he seems to contradict himself in the second way by saying that nothing can

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    Consistently from the dawn of human existence‚ the idea of “God”‚ or simply the questions of the place from whence the human body has come from forced any individual to consider the religious value or idea of God regarding God’s responsibility for every piece of matter in which makes up life. One of the most critical arguments that claim that there must be a God is the Kalem Cosmological argument‚ which uses the universe’s mere existence or the beginning of the universe’s existence to claim that

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    DOES GOD EXIST? There are many arguments about the existence of God since the beginning of time. According to some scientists God is an alleged entity that has no place in any scientific equations‚ plays no role in any scientific explanations‚ cannot be used to predict any events‚ does not describe anything or force that has yet been detected‚ and there are no models of the universe in which its presence is either required‚ productive‚ or useful. The religion of Buddhism and some modern sociologists

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    different arguments which attempt to help us understand more about the existence of God. One of these arguments is the Cosmological Argument which is essentially a theory which consists of 8 main points‚ but this essay will highlight the origins of the argument‚ the developments by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas and some criticisms by David Hume and Immanuel Kant and coming to a conclusion of how successfully the Cosmological Argument proves the existence of God. The first form of the Cosmological Argument

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    The question of “Does God exist‚” is a question that many people have tried to answer throughout many centuries. Although the answer to whether He exist or not is unsolved and most likely never will be solved‚ the answer to whether we can prove that he exists is a relatively easy one to answer. The answer is simply‚ no. We cannot prove whether He exist‚ but on the other hand no scientist or philosopher has ever been able to prove that He does not exist. Although the answer is quite simple‚ we can

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    The argument for design has evolved over time as both theologians and philosophers have needed to adjust their arguments supporting this theory to address an ever changing landscape of scientific‚ biological and cosmological discovery. Despite this the essence of the argument remains intact those in support of the theory would argue that our existence on this earth and in this universe is far too complex a chain of events to have happened by chance. That in fact the existence of the universe is itself

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    In this research paper I will be discussing and comparing two theories of whether or not God exists. First I will discuss Atheism‚ and then I will discuss the Cosmological Argument theory. I am going to compare the two theories and show you why I do not believe in the atheism theory and believe in the cosmological argument theory. I am a firm believer that there is a God and we are here on earth for a reason. To begin‚ according to the textbook‚ atheism denies the major claims of all varieties

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    The Kalam cosmological argument points to the creation of the universe as proof of the divine. To do so it involves proving that the universe did indeed have a beginning‚ and has not existed for an infinite amount of time. It also argues that all things including the universe itself‚ with the exception of God‚ are caused. Furthermore this cause was personal. The first argument presented is that an actual infinite is a logical impossibility. Allowance is made for potential infinites (i.e. the future)

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