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    The evidence is overwhelming as we regard the world that God has created and how fine-tuned it is. For example‚ our bodies have been intricately designed to show that it was not an accident that we exist‚ but there’s evidence for a Creator. Not only are we able to look around with our eyes‚ but we are also able to study the fundamental constants and quantities and see how fine-tuned this universe is. Scientists conclude that the fundamental constants and quantities of the universe have been carefully

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    Is God really existed? Many people wonder the same questions‚ there are many ways to prove that God existed. And there are a lot of people can prove that the existence of God. But for this essay‚ is going to talk about Aquinas and Pascal. Both of them believe that God exist‚ but different way to prove and talk about it. The essay will talk and explain about Aquinas. Aquinas argued that there are five ways to prove the existence of God. Next‚ the essay will talk about Pascal. Pascal used pragmatic

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    that the whole world is created by the God. Because there are so many well designed creatures exist in the world. They are so perfect that it is only possible for God to create it. Obvious function and superb design are present everywhere in the biological world. Well adapted organisms & well designed systems are everywhere in the biological part nature. Such theory is called “ Teleological Argument”. So for my paper‚ l shall argue that the Teleological Argument is not convincing. In particular‚ l

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    Pascal says “If there is a God‚ He is infinitely incomprehensible‚ since‚ having neither parts nor limits‚ He has no affinity to us’’ (Pascal‚ 2). Throughout Pascal’s argument he makes the constant notion believing in order to gain finite happiness‚ how is it possible to know if God is willing to provide this infinite gain if he is infinitely incomprehensible? This critical mistake is the very reason Pascal’s argument doesn’t work‚ we just don’t have the knowledge to know about what truly happens

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    Philosophy Essay. Explain the Biblical idea of the Goodness of God (25). This essay will explain the Biblical idea of the goodness of God. The issues that arise with this question are; whether the Bible portrays God as morally good/ perfect and whether God commands good things? Or are things good because God commands them? Firstly two key ideas emerge about God’s goodness in the bible; first that God is good‚ second‚ that God’s actions are good. Sections of the Bible; for example the Jewish

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    1. Examine the strengths and weaknesses of the argument for the existence of God based on religious experience. (18) 2. ‘The argument merely indicates the probability of God and this is of little value to a religious believer.’ Discuss. (12) In contrast to the classical arguments for the existence of God‚ namely the ontological‚ cosmological and teleological arguments‚ the argument from religious experience doesn’t just entail a set logical of points arriving at a conclusion on a piece of paper

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    1D) One major problem with Descartes view is the way in which he proves the existence of God. The idea that the idea of perfection can only come from perfection. The reason that this is not a sound argument is because it is easy for us to simply examine our own qualities and imagine a better version of them. For example. A person may be frail and weak‚ but that is no reason as to why they would be unable to imagine a person who is much stronger than themselves. Once you take all qualities and magnify

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    Chain of Being by subtly questioning God. When Shakespeare was writing A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ coarse ideas weren’t allowed. He uses the fairies and as a way to question God. Using the fairies’ magic powers‚ he makes the lovers fall for one another randomly. Shakespeare is establishing that love is random because he isn’t including what most people thought was real; God. Henceforth‚ he is disrupting the Great Chain of Being by questioning the existence of God. The subjectivity in the play has

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    Andrew Baker Corey Miller Phil-P 100 September 16‚ 2014 God’s existence The issue that I shall be addressing is whether a certain objection to a theistic explanation of God’s existence can be sustained. In this paper‚ the objection in question is advanced mostly by naturalists‚ and the thrust of it is that theists cannot provide a satisfactory account of God’s existence based on causality because occasional philosophical questions arise concerning the truth of the premises. After carefully setting

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    Descartes Sixth Meditation‚ which includes his argument that corporeal things do exist. 1. There clearly exists a passive faculty of sensing and I use it involuntarily. 2. If there exists a passive faculty of sensing within me and I use it‚ then there exists an active faculty of producing sense ideas‚ either in me‚ or in something else. 3. Therefore‚ there exists an active faculty of producing sense ideas‚ either in me‚ or in something else. 4. God has given me a great propensity to believe that

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