against the existence of God. In Hume’s arguments he tries to convince his audience the God does not exist because evil does. The first argument presented by Hume is the logical problem of evil. In this argument Hume is saying that the belief in a God that is capable of allowing evil‚ even though he is supposed to have benevolent intentions toward us is contradictory. He explains that evil does exist even though the existence of God should mean that it does not exist. He is using the existence of evil
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cosmological argument is an a posteriori argument because it is based upon empirical data which we only discovered through being on this planet. The claim is that the universe cannot account for its own existence and so this argument seeks causes that have their solutions in the existence of a God. It suggests that God is in esse and humans are in fieri. The first part of this principle is the idea that most things in the world have motion through growth‚ melting‚ running‚ burning etc. This motion is the reduction
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Chain of Being by subtly questioning God. When Shakespeare was writing A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ coarse ideas weren’t allowed. He uses the fairies and as a way to question God. Using the fairies’ magic powers‚ he makes the lovers fall for one another randomly. Shakespeare is establishing that love is random because he isn’t including what most people thought was real; God. Henceforth‚ he is disrupting the Great Chain of Being by questioning the existence of God. The subjectivity in the play has
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Descartes constructs an argument for God’s existence on page 32-34 of his third meditation titled: Concerning God and He Exists. In this paper‚ I will summarize Descartes’s argument in my own words. Descartes is trying to find where his thoughts of God are coming from. He knows they couldn’t come from himself because for one he doubts‚ he has desires and he lacks stuff. Now‚ he is calling into question whether they are from his parents‚ but there is a problem with that interpretation too because
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1. Examine the strengths and weaknesses of the argument for the existence of God based on religious experience. (18) 2. ‘The argument merely indicates the probability of God and this is of little value to a religious believer.’ Discuss. (12) In contrast to the classical arguments for the existence of God‚ namely the ontological‚ cosmological and teleological arguments‚ the argument from religious experience doesn’t just entail a set logical of points arriving at a conclusion on a piece of paper
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The existence of God relies heavily on the idea that there must be a creator of everything‚ whether the creator is a person‚ or an event. The cosmological argument for the existence of God starts by asking why does something exist? And the logical follow through is everything exists has an explanation for its presence in the universe‚ the universe exists and therefore must have a creator. An argument could be made to say that God is the answer for who created the universe. Many will say that the
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Descartes’ two proofs of God’s existence. Descartes uses the proof ‘Meditation III’ to explain God’s existence. The proof is given via reasoning‚ which begins by describing how he comes to such a conclusion. Descartes does this by mentally closing himself from the general public‚ ignoring hearing‚ sight‚ and the remaining of his senses as he deeply looks and depends upon himself. This state gives him the opportunity of making an introspective look at the existence of God‚ with no influences from another
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Is God really existed? Many people wonder the same questions‚ there are many ways to prove that God existed. And there are a lot of people can prove that the existence of God. But for this essay‚ is going to talk about Aquinas and Pascal. Both of them believe that God exist‚ but different way to prove and talk about it. The essay will talk and explain about Aquinas. Aquinas argued that there are five ways to prove the existence of God. Next‚ the essay will talk about Pascal. Pascal used pragmatic
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There are 3 main arguments that each seek to prove the existence of God; the Ontological‚ Cosmological‚ and Teleological Arguments. Each is different in its approach‚ but all arrive at the same conclusion. Ontological Argument argues God’s existence from the assumption of the existence a “Greatest Thing that can ever be conceived.” From there‚ it argues that in order for something to be “The Greatest Thing ever” it must exist physically (that is outside of the mind). The Cosmological Argument argues
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Outline and assess the key design argument of the existence of God ? The design argument is concerned to find the meaning or purpose in this world; they seek to move from facts about the world to God. Like the cosmological argument‚ the design argument draws back to arguments put forward by Socrates and Plato who said that ‘the human body‚ with all its principles and elements must owe its origin…of Zeus’. The design argument considers a number of issues for example; why is the universe the way
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