Bustamante HZT 4U1 Buonafede‚ D. April 18‚ 2017 Argument for God’s Existence In post-modern era‚ society is more inclined towards modern philosophy. This results in people to be composed of social construct and ideologies such as socialism‚ capitalism‚ feminism and progressivism. Thus‚ the causality of fragmentation in a Western society are due to the clash of conflicting ideologies. In order to counteract the ideology‚ one must argue the existence of God. It is a common reality which one can presuppose
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The Ontological Argument P| 1. Definition: God is that being than which no greater being can be conceived. P| 2. God exists in the mind (we think of God). A| 3.Assume God exists only in the mind but not in reality (Atheism) 3 4. Then we can conceive of a being just like God but which also exists in reality. P | 5. Existence is perfection. If two things are alike in all respects except the first exists in reality and the second
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The debate of whether God exists or does not has been going on from the time of the ancient philosophers such as St. Aquinas and St. Anselm‚ who both supported the existence of God‚ whereas‚ many years later there were those who tried to disprove the arguments presented. Some of these disbelievers include Immanuel Kant‚ Friedrich Nietzsche and David Hume‚ all whom argue that God does not indeed exist. Although God is considered dead and nonexistent by many‚ he does indeed exist because something
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The Existence of God & The Evil in us All 1- Does God exist? (Anselm vs. Gaunilo) (Bertrand Russell) Does God Exist? St.Anselm‚ Archbishop of Canterbury “The Ontological Argument” claims to both prove and disprove God’s existence. However this arguments possess a certain sense of ambiguity‚ meaning that it can be interpreted in different ways and therefore come away with more than one sensible conclusion towards the existence of God. In this paper i will delve in to each argument and give reasons
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us by a God that is perfect (36). He shows this by first arguing for the existence of God‚ and from there he deduces that all of our clear and distinct ideas are innate and entirely trustworthy (36). By proving that all of our clear and distinct ideas are caused by God and that God is an infinite and perfect (non-deceptive) being‚ Descartes believes that he will be able to show that all of our clear and distinct ideas are entirely trustworthy. So he begins by proving the existence of God. The argument
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2014 Topic 3: The Certainty that God Is After reading the two paragraphs written by scholars I have come to three different conclusions. The author of the first argument claims that God does in fact exist and he is also infinite. The author of the second argument claims that humans are not capable of comprehending the idea of infinite‚ therefore we cannot argue that God is infinite or that he exists at all. Finally‚ Descartes claims that by The Method of Doubt‚ God is the one idea that cannot be doubted
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Anselm`s view about God is that his existence in our minds proves the existence of him in reality. Trying to prove that he does not in fact exist‚ contradicts the purpose‚ since as attempting to convince others that he does not exist‚ you recognize his being. As you attempt to argue against God while completely understanding the meaning of God‚ you recognize this idea of the “greatest being”. About “the fool who says in his heart“ that God doesn’t exist‚ Anselm argues that there are two ways for
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One of the most interesting arguments for the Existence of God comes from Anselm and the Ontological argument. According to the Ontological argument‚ there is no reason to go out and look for physical evidence of God’s existence. The ontological argument is based completely on reason and comes from the concept of a “being than which no greater can be conceived.” Anselm suggested that if such a “being” does not truly exist then a greater being can be conceived. But how does this make any sense? Nothing
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and proving the existence of God. By proving that God is the one that gives us a clear and different perception which means‚ that God is perfect in every way and the he does not deceive anyone. Because of this he is able to secure a sense of certainty for these clear and distinct perceptions‚ therefore he is setting out to prove that God exists. He gives two arguments for the existence of God. He gives a role God plays in his theory of knowledge. I agree with Descartes argument about his theory
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Evil comes in many forms‚ and likewise‚ for philosophers‚ possess many problems especially the existence of God. The problem of evil is also referred to as the problem of suffering. First‚ there is what is called the logical problem of evil. Like all rational people‚ theists can’t help but acknowledge that the world is filled with evil. Here we are understanding evil as being all forms of bad stuff. It is everything in the vast spectrum of badness from small thefts to plagues and everything in between
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