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    evidential problem of evil are arguments presented by Hume against the existence of God. In Hume’s arguments he tries to convince his audience the God does not exist because evil does. The first argument presented by Hume is the logical problem of evil. In this argument Hume is saying that the belief in a God that is capable of allowing evil‚ even though he is supposed to have benevolent intentions toward us is contradictory. He explains that evil does exist even though the existence of God should mean that

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    page “It is entirely rational to hold some beliefs without evidence‚ such as belief in the existence of God” Analyse this claim from the perspectives of the philosophy of knowledge and Reformed epistemology. Whilst an array of scholars known as reformed epistemologists believe that it is rational for one to accept belief in God without the support of an argument or evidence‚ other philosophers known as evidentalists support classical foundationalism and dispute this belief.

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    are 3 main arguments that each seek to prove the existence of God; the Ontological‚ Cosmological‚ and Teleological Arguments. Each is different in its approach‚ but all arrive at the same conclusion. Ontological Argument argues God’s existence from the assumption of the existence a “Greatest Thing that can ever be conceived.” From there‚ it argues that in order for something to be “The Greatest Thing ever” it must exist physically (that is outside of the mind). The Cosmological Argument argues that

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    focuses on the nature of humanity and divinity. This essay is a discussion of this discourse‚ and will summarize‚ explain and object to various parts of his work. The majority of this essay focuses on 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

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    Pascal vs Descartes Paper Pascal’s argument is fallible because he reaches the conclusion that we should “wager” God’s existence‚ rather than coming up with “proof” by using deductive reasoning like Descartes provides in his argument. These early 17th century philosophers both provided writings defending the validity of the Christian religion and of God’s existence. After the Protestant Reformation of 1517‚ the Catholic Church’s sanctity was questioned. Different religions sprouted across Europe

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    questions‚ is the existence of the greatest being‚ GOD. There are so many reasons why people believe in GOD. It doesn’t matter which side you are in this argument. I agree with Pascal with that it’s better to believe in him than not because there’s more to gain than not if you don’t believe and he exists you don’t go to “heaven”‚ and if you believe and he doesn’t exist you don’t lose anything. That’s the only actual way it works. Blaise Pascal is a French philosopher that created an argument that was presented

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    The existence of God relies heavily on the idea that there must be a creator of everything‚ whether the creator is a person‚ or an event. The cosmological argument for the existence of God starts by asking why does something exist? And the logical follow through is everything exists has an explanation for its presence in the universe‚ the universe exists and therefore must have a creator. An argument could be made to say that God is the answer for who created the universe. Many will say that the

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    In 1995‚ Paul Edwards a philosopher formed the “Alzheimer’s Argument Against the Soul.” He used the Example of a kind and generous lady who often helping others‚ was drastically affected by the disease of Alzheimer’s. Edward states‚ “All her elegance was gone. She no longer recognized her children‚ and then in the advanced stage‚ became extremely aggressive. She who always helped others and was kind to others suddenly started to beat up other elderly patients.” Paul Edwards presentation disproves

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    Cleo Polyzou Cogito Ergo Sum The aim of this paper is to explain a central argument from Rene Descartes’ Meditations of Philosophy that encapsulates his views towards the existence of worldly things and to consider the strength and the significance of the idea within that argument. I think therefore I am‚ is the argument that will be discussed and analyzed in this paper. In the beginning of the first meditation‚ the meditator appeared skeptical of his beliefs and explained that since his beliefs

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    The cosmological argument is attempting to show through reason that a cosmos needs an explanation. The cosmological argument is an a posteriori argument because it is based upon empirical data which we only discovered through being on this planet. The claim is that the universe cannot account for its own existence and so this argument seeks causes that have their solutions in the existence of a God. It suggests that God is in esse and humans are in fieri. The first part of this principle is the

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