ATHIESM: A RELIGION? Throughout the countless generations of our existence‚ we as a global community have pondered a variety of noteworthy enquiries. Most notably‚ the following come to the forefront. How did the universe come into existence? Does God exist? Does evil exist? What is the ultimate reality? The emergence of these thought provoking questions is something we as a society have become accustomed to debating. Rationally speaking‚ there simply cannot be one precise justification for these
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He starts by refuting Descartes triangle example‚ and objects Descartes attempt to transfer the logic to the existence of God. He argues that a triangle has three sides only if it first exists‚ a nonexistent triangle has no existing sides. Saying that a triangle has three sides does not mean that a triangle actually exists. He then continues on to declare that the claim “God exists” is either analytic or synthetic‚ if it is analytic then the predicate is contained with the subject‚ if its
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a debate on God’s existence has remained a very heated argument that has been carried down through generations. Several arguments have been brought forward by those who are against the claim that God exists as well as by those who are for the argument. These arguments can be of cosmological or teleological nature. Cosmological arguments are based on philosophical laws as they try to argue for or against the origin of man and how they help describe the origin of God’s existence. Teleological arguments
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Cabrera Is the questions of God meaningful or meaningless? I. Introduction A. Background i. In modern society the question of God’s existence is still questioned. ii. There must be a rational outcome in proving the existence of God. B. Issues i. From the side of the Atheist‚ they say that God’s existence is meaningless because he can’t be observed by humans which give the Theists no proof of his existence. ii. Saint Thomas’s point to the existence of God is that there is a necessary being
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applied to things other than God‚ it led to invalid conclusions. Gaunilo didn’t identify any specific fault with the argument‚ but argued that something must be wrong with it‚ because if there wasn’t anything wrong‚ then we can use its logic to prove anything‚ which we may have no reason to believe to be true. For instance‚ Gaunilo argued that it’s possible to construct an argument in the exact same form as the ontological argument‚ that claims to prove the existence of the perfect island: this island
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for something beyond what they can understand and look into the supernatural; others just discard the possibility of the supernatural’s existence altogether as a figment of their imagination and never find out how much more there is to life. What many people do not realize though is that there are many different evidences that prove its existence happening everyday‚ if people would just take the time to notice them. Take into account that people have their own opinions about these
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The problem of evil “arises from the paradox of an omnibenevolent‚ omnipotent deity’s allowing the existence of evil” (Pojman 1987: 151). The Judeo-Christian tradition affirmed that God is omnipotent‚ omniscient and perfectly good. The same tradition also affirmed the existence of evil. The presence of evil‚ this privation of the good‚ is taken to be one of the arguments against the existence of God. The presence of evil has presented philosophers since the earliest times of thinkers like Socrates
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and divided line. In the divided line he changed the good to god‚ said the forms are in gods mind‚ and that god is the only one who can make sensible objects possible. In the two world view St. Augustine said that not all activity is physical‚ there is also spiritual activity. b. Aquinas was taught by Albert the Great. Albertus Magnus was the man that translated Aristotle’s teachings into Latin. Aquinas sat out to prove the existence of god using his five proofs. Aquinas five proofs are: the proof
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attempt to present arguments against the existence of God is made. In his work‚ McCloskey attempts to provide readers with the argument that atheism is more “reasonable and comfortable (McCloskey‚1968)” compared to the alternative theistic view. In his article‚ McCloskey attempts to make arguments against the three typical theistic proofs of God which includes the cosmological and teleological arguments‚ along with the argument from design. McCloskey uses the existence of evil and the irrationalness off
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Descartes is interested in the certainty of his existence and the existence of other people and things. Descartes’ beliefs vary from those of Socrates. Descartes argues that knowledge is acquired through awareness and experience. Using this approach‚ Descartes moves through doubt to certainty of his existence. He asks himself various questions about the certainty of his existence and solves them through clear thought and logic. Using this method Descartes establishes doubts to be truths and by the
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