Cosmological Proof Of God's Existence
1. St. Thomas Aquinas was a big proponent of the cosmological proof of God’s existence. This proof is based on the concept of cause and effect, which states that everything is caused by something. But there is not an infinite cause because there has to be a start. Another word, there has to be an uncaused first cause. In this situation, the first cause has to be God. Whoever believes in this theory might say that the creation of the universe was not caused by the Big Bang. They may still believe in the Big Bang theory but they would say that it was caused by God knocking over the first domino.
2. Religion, as seen by philosophers, is a man-made institution that is created to fulfill human needs. Feuerbach argues that idea of God is
a combination of whatever a society values the most and hopes to emulate. In all, God is made in our image. For instance, the Greek values beauty, perfection, and sex. So their gods and goddess are physically perfect, sensual beings. Since there are different societies on the globe with different values and beliefs, religions have to accommodate to those differences.
3. Choosing a specific teleological ethical theory, like decision making depends on the situation. Utilitarianism and egoism have their strengths but also their own shortcoming. Egoism is one of the theories that would forever be around because there is no true altruism in the world and everything is done with a personal self-interest. Between the two, utilitarianism is more practical since certain situations involve more than one person. This is because you are deciding what best for everyone that is involved instead of yourself.
2. Religion, as seen by philosophers, is a man-made institution that is created to fulfill human needs. Feuerbach argues that idea of God is
a combination of whatever a society values the most and hopes to emulate. In all, God is made in our image. For instance, the Greek values beauty, perfection, and sex. So their gods and goddess are physically perfect, sensual beings. Since there are different societies on the globe with different values and beliefs, religions have to accommodate to those differences.
3. Choosing a specific teleological ethical theory, like decision making depends on the situation. Utilitarianism and egoism have their strengths but also their own shortcoming. Egoism is one of the theories that would forever be around because there is no true altruism in the world and everything is done with a personal self-interest. Between the two, utilitarianism is more practical since certain situations involve more than one person. This is because you are deciding what best for everyone that is involved instead of yourself.