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    The cosmological argument proves the existence of God. It discusses contingent beings which exist‚ but could not have existed and necessary beings which exist and could not not exist. The cosmological says that there is a contingent being that exists. The existence of a contingent being must have a cause and the contingent being cannot be the cause of

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    Clarke begins his argument by asserting the obvious--that based on experience‚ all of the beings that surround us today do exist. These beings‚ encountered based on one’s experience‚ are dependent on a prior cause. In other words‚ everything that exists must have been caused by something else that also exists or has existed; and for something finite to exist today‚ such as any being in this world‚ it would mean that there must have been something that has existed since infinity. According to Clarke

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    be true. What we take to be true is our reality.” -Gary Zukav If all of this is true‚ how do you perceive God? The most fascinating argument for the existence of an all-perfect God is the ontological argument. The argument that God‚ being defined as most great or perfect‚ must exist‚ since a God who exists is greater than a God who does not. The ontological arguments claim that once we understand

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    In their interview they discussed the issue of the Kalam cosmological argument. Craig went on to discuss the argument is the steps that follow. First whatever begins to exist has a cause. Second the universe had a beginning and third there universe‚ therefore had a cause. They then discussed several models that have been proposed trying to explain away the universe being finite. Craig ended the argument by saying “I think it’s indisputable that there has never been a time in history

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    I do not find any of the traditional proofs for God’s existence persuasive‚ and I will go over each argument one at a time to explain why I do not find them persuasive‚ starting with Anselm’s ontological argument‚ then Aquinas’ cosmological argument‚ and finally Paley’s teleological argument. First‚ Anselm’s ontological argument is not persuasive because the argument can be used to prove things that do not exist. The faulty logic is shown in Gaunilo’s Lost Island Objection because instead of putting

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    To deny the conclusion of the Cosmological argument is to accept the truth of a number of seemingly controversial empirical claims. The sceptic’s forced acceptance of these empirical claims imposes upon them a smaller set of possible worlds which are consistent with the non-existence of a God. Thus‚ in this regard the Cosmological argument remains firmly ‘alive’ as what Swinburne calls a ‘correct C-Inductive argument’‚ as it succeeds in adding to the probability of the theistic conclusion . Peterson

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    Explain Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument Thomas Aquinas developed five ways to prove Gods existence. The first three are key to the Cosmological argument. These are from motion‚ causation‚ and contingency. He presented his work on these in the Summa Theologica‚ where he accepts that it may be impossible to prove the God of Classical theism caused the universe to exist‚ but believes that what God does proves Gods existence. The first way is from motion‚ Aquinas emphasises that motion means changes

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    that it is implausible that anything at all is able to exist because of nothing‚ and that nothing should exist because of something. Building upon earlier argument‚ Anselm concludes that “whatever is […] does not exist except through something.” Since‚ according to him‚ this premise is true and since‚ as pointed out earlier in his argument‚ everything that is exists either through itself or through something‚ there must be one‚ or many‚ beings though which all things that are exist. Our existence

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    earth has begged an answer since the beginning of the philosophical era. Philosophers often turn to the cosmological argument to justify the existence of God‚ and turn to the metaphysical basis to explain religious beliefs. This essay will analyze the “cosmological argument” as presented by Richard Taylor‚ in order to critically evaluate its meaning and understand its claims. To begin‚ the argument stems upon a metaphysical interpretation of creation. Despite the fact that religion may be a matter

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    Thomas Aquinas’s cosmological argument is a posteriori 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

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