reason unaided by revelation some truths proposed by Christian faith; (2) it can clarify truths which cannot be proved; and (3) it can defend the principles of Christian faith against their detractors. True philosophy cannot conflict with Christian faith but it can fall short of it--e.g.‚ the existence of God as efficient cause of the universe can be established by reason alone‚ the full meaning of "God" can only come from faith. Aquinas is not the only‚ but he is the most important‚ medieval thinker
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is no God if he cannot help us by preventing evil. The argument of evil basically states that God and evil cannot coincide. There are two types of evil; moral‚ which is carried out by humans through immoral actions that cause pain and suffering such as murder‚ rape and so forth. Natural evil is the second type which occurs through inevitable phenomenon’s such as natural disasters; hurricanes‚ tsunamis and diseases are a few (Sober‚ 120). The argument from evil is a deductively valid argument and states
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Existence of God The truth behind the existence of god. As a flesh and blood we seem to aspire to be ultitmley immortal‚ we have created stories guidelines ways in which we our able to become immortal. Christins call it jesus others call it alla or buddua. Does this make one better then the other or is just a set of rules that we all follow just so mankind can prosper. Is faith a trait that is leared or is it a proptey that we our all born with the ability to believe . The questions we have this
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on the existence of God. He strongly believed and propagated that God was dead. The “death of God” often came up in several of Nietzsche’s philosophical contributions. It was often the backdrop which he used for describing human tendencies and carving pathways for human nature. “The best passage on God’s death is offered by Nietzsche in The Gay Science in section 125‚ entitled “The Madman”. There Nietzsche describes a man who enters the town market or bazaar and cries out loudly‚ “I seek God! I seek
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"Is the Existence of Evil incompatible with the existence of God?" "Without darkness there can be no light (Shestov)." This quote says a lot about our world as we know it. To truly know something we must also know it’s opposite. We would not know silent if there was not sound. There would be no young if we did not know old. So how could we believe that there is a good without an evil? To believe in the existence of a greatest good‚ which we call God‚ there must also be exist a source of evil as
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IfF god was existent‚ what would be his fear? He’s so far away that we could never touch him. 2) Why haven’t you heard about this story? Because it isn’t emphasized at all‚ even in the bible. It was a “scam over exclamation” to shut people up about that in the future. And yet somehow this isn’t brought up. 3) If we really did create this building‚ where is that existence on earth. We claim we’ve found Noah’s ark‚ and where Jesus was crucified‚ but we have never found ANYTHING about this building
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God Does Not Necessarily Have to Exist In Descartes’ Meditations‚ he makes the strong claim that God must exist. I will first explain what Descartes’s argument for God’s existence is‚ and then I will attempt to support the argument that God does not need to necessarily exist through objections and replies. Premise 1: “We have an idea of God as an infinite and perfect being.” First‚ Descartes believes that there are properties that are inherently perfect. For example‚ being good is a perfection
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doubted everything‚ including his own existence‚ and that doubt itself is the only certainty. Accordingly‚ he assumed that his thoughts were the only thing not to be doubted. The answer to his existence was his cogito argument‚ “I think‚ therefore I am”; ‘cogito ergo sum’. This means that the existence of a thinking substance is necessary in order to do the thinking‚ and in order to think one must therefore exist. Descartes argues for the existence of the soul which does the thinking‚ as once you reflect
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The Teleological Argument for God There are many theories about how the universe‚ earth‚ and humans came into existence. Some aim to prove the existence of God‚ that a large explosion created all life‚ or even that everything has just always existed. One of these theories works to answer questions about creation and prove the existence of the Christian God; this theory is known as the Teleological argument. To expand my basis of knowledge on this subject I consulted Matthew Esters‚ who recently
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i) Analyse the Argument for the Existence of God from Religious Experience (18) The argument for the existence of God from Religious Experience is a simple one‚ with only two premises. The first being that some people have‚ or have had a religious experience‚ the second premise is that these are only explicable though God‚ thus leading to the conclusion that God exists. This leads us to question‚ what exactly are religious experiences? Theologians have struggled for centuries trying to define
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