to simply show you the evidence for God’s existence? No arm-twisting. No statements of‚ "You just have to believe." Well‚ here is an attempt to honestly offer some of the reasons which suggest that God exists. But first bear this in your mind. When it comes to the possibility of God’s existence‚ the Bible says that there are people who have seen plenty evidences‚ but they have covered up the truth about God. On the other hand‚ for those who want to know God if He is there‚ he says‚ "You will seek
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Argument For the Existence of God : A Critical Evaluation There have been many theories for and against the existence of God. For example: the Faith- based Arguments‚ Pascal’s Wager‚ James’s Will to Believe‚ the Contingency Argument and several more. The argument being analysed here however is Ontological argument given by St. Anselm and its counter-argument. In St. Anselm’s argument‚ God has been thought by the definition: ‘the entity (or being) than which none greater can be conceived’
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This definition of the term illustrates the necessity for free will to be present in a relationship with God. In order to have a relationship with God we must posses free will‚ because free will gives us the power to have faith in God‚ and put trust in God. According to the Bible‚ and Milton’s Paradise Lost‚ Free will did not exist in the world until God influenced Adam and Eve. God told Adam and Eve that the one rule they must follow in the garden of Eden is to never eat from the tree of
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ladder’s God It was their final conversation. She would soon die‚ although neither of them knew it at the time. St. Augustine and his mother waited for a ship that would take her across the sea‚ to Africa‚ where she had raised him. She had always prayed he would become a Catholic; now‚ after many years‚ he was one. “There we talked together‚” he writes in his Confessions‚ “she and I alone in deep joy.” This common joy stemmed from their shared company‚ but also their shared belief in God: Our conversation
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‘Logic cannot prove the existence of God.’ Discuss. (10) For Anselm‚ using logic that can be deducted about God‚ it is clear to see that God’s existence is necessary. In the second ontological argument from Anselm‚ God is the greatest being possible; it is greater to exist by necessity than by contingence‚ it is therefore‚ impossible for God to not exist. In this argument‚ God’s existence is an analytic statement‚ it is impossible to prove that God exists and although Anselm believes that it does
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Perhaps the most common example where this is seen is with the idea of God. Personally‚ I am still debating the nature and existence of God‚ but I have seen many people‚ within my extended family itself‚ that believe in God (a higher power) solely because of a strong‚ emotional belief that God exists. I have asked them why they believe in God and most of the time‚ they are surprised by the question. The answer I quite often get is “if God didn’t exist‚ then how were we
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12___________ Start With Faith and Work Your Way Up There are many stories mentioned throughout the bible where people went through hardships‚ persecution‚ famine‚ danger and God appears silent‚ yet they still endured. Jesus himself‚ when dying on the cross experienced the silence of God. I believe that although God may seem silent he never really is and to understand his silence and our doubt we need to better understand faith. It is that silence that makes Faith so challenging‚ that is why
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CHAPTER ONE BRIEF ANALYSIS OF Q{ATR AL-GHAITHIYYAH FI>< CILM AL-S{UFIYYAH CALA< SHARICAT AL- MUH{AMMADIYYAH (DROPS OF RAIN CONCERNING THE SCIENCE OF S{U<FISM IN THE MUH{AMMADAN DISPENSATION) THE CONTENTS As a spiritual traveler he starts his writing by praising Allah‚ in a way‚ familiar to the S{u>fis‚ which is to indicate the bounties given by Allah whether big or small. Further he praises Allah Who has favored the hearts of the Gnostics with the wine of spiritual love and has showered
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scientific reasoning of God. The existence‚ simplicity and will of God are simply a few topics which Aquinas explores in the Summa Theologica. Through arguments entailing these particular topics‚ Aquinas forms an argument that God has the ability of knowing and willing this particular world of contingent beings. The contrasting nature of necessary beings and contingent beings is at the heart of this debate. Aquinas sets up this argument in his discussion of whether or not God exists. His five proofs
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"Several years have now passed since I first realized how numerous were the false opinions that in my youth I had taken to be true‚ and thus how doubtful were all those I had subsequently built upon them." (pp.1) The First Meditation opens with Renee Descartes reflecting on all the things that he has been mistaken about‚ and all his beliefs that were built on those false ones. As a result‚ he somehow feels the need to reexamine everything he has believed in the past‚ and has set aside some time
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