Proof Of God's Existence

The conclusion is there is God. A theoretical proof for the existence of God, then, is only intended to mediate a reflexive awareness of the fact that man always and inevitably has to do with God in his intellectual and spiritual existence, whether he reflects upon it or not, and whether her freely accepts it or not (Sabourin, 1986, p. 32). It is what you believe. For believers, God is the explanation of why there is anything at all: why there is intelligibility, why there is freedom (Brown, 2012, p. 4). You desire to believe in God; you want that in your life. It is probably hard for some people not to believe in God. They may have had disappointments in life, tragedy, or not been taught about God. I think so many people have doubts

The famous William Paley has a different ontological argument within his text Natural Theology. The title of the reading gives insight to the theory, which focuses on something called natural design. The writing is based on an intricate and extensive analogy between the man made and the natural. For instance, Paley describes a man made watch in great detail. This intense detail sets the notion that each piece must have been put in place by someone, whom we can infer is a watchmaker. He then compares this to the intricacy of nature, which must have been made by a supreme diety. Such complexity could not have come about by chance. Only the most

Paley’s made his argument using an analogy to prove the existence of god, using a watchmaker analogy and to image if we found a watch on the ground and could it have been possible for the watch to simply appear randomly, spontaneously on its own. Paley was arguing that the teleology demonstrated by a watch would conclude that it was designed by an intelligent creator with a particular end in mind. While Aquinas has a design argument of his own ,the Teleological argument focuses on the condition that allows for life in the universe to only occur when certain fundamental physical constants are within a very narrow range if one of many fundamental constant are off slightly, then the universe would be unfit for the development of matter and life. Since these things are so finely tuned it appears an intelligent designer may have been involved in making sure these things happened so life could occur that designer Aquinas believes to be

The Design Argument is an argument that says there is a “God” who is the creator of all things. Within this argument, it is stated that things have to be designed – the main example being used is a machine. Cleanthes compares the universe to a machine. They both have many different parts that all work together, but how? The Design Argument says that “God”, or some deity, designed these different elements and pieces in a way so that they can all work together. For a machine to work, all of the pieces must fit together purposefully. When you think about the creator of a machine, for example an engineer, you would most likely think of some intelligent person who created the pieces to make them all fit and work together. Because the world is similar to a machine, by analogy, it too must be created by something intelligent – but on a much grander scale than us.

The Argument from Design In William Paley’s “Argument from Design” he seeks to prove God’s existence by comparing the world and universe we live in to a machine, specifically a watch. The goal of the design argument is to prove the existence of an omniscient, omnipotent, and wholly good God through the watch analogy. The analogy tries to say that if we look at the creation of the universe like that of a watch, we can infer that it has a purpose and a designer. While this seems to be valid, there are some flaws in Paley’s argument that I will point out.

Examine some of the key principles of the argument for the existence of God based upon religious experiences

The Design Argument attempts to explain that the presence of purpose in an object requires a designer. The universe as well as all living beings is founded on complexity. The complex order of parts that has a function is in itself evidence of purpose, of a maker. The Design Argument states that because certain biological features seem to be designed, they must have an intelligent designer. Hence the appearance of something designed marks a designer. An example of an object that exists due to something else is a watch. A watch needs a watchmaker, just like a house needs a house builder. Everything that has come to exist needed to have a constructor with a motive in mind.

Does God exist? This question has been in debate for centuries with many opposing views, some arising from philosophers on the same side while others refute Gods existence altogether. However for this particular paper I will be taking the best explanations approach. What I mean by this is I do not have proof of God’s existence but the existence of God is the best explanation for the universe around me. With this statement in mind we will discuss arguments in support of God’s existence as well as philosopher H.J McCloskey’s article On Being an Atheist.

I think a conscience is a inner feeling of what is right and what is wrong. I believe that all people are born without a conscience and majority develop one, but not all people. For instance, I think sociopaths don't have a conscience. I think as we age we develop a conscience. That is why children kick, bite, or pull hair and don't feel bad about it.

Existence of God as a perfect being who has created the world has always been the subject of continuous debate for the scholar people and philosophers. During the history many different arguments have been proposed for the existence of God. Some of these arguments are based on science, some based on history and some based on philosophy. Two of the most important philosophical arguments in this matter are the ontological argument and cosmological argument. Each of these arguments tried to proof existence of God in different way.

To start this off I would like to address and share a fact, just about every single culture has a religion, granted there are some atheists that believe in nothing. However if you really think about it that is stills a religion because they believe in nothing, the keyword here is believe. Everybody believes in something whether they believe in nothing such as the atheist, or something such as Christians. Some people in other cultures believe in all kinds of stuff, for example some people believe that the sun is a god, some religions believe in many gods, even thousands. The point I am trying to make here is that everybody believes in something.

It is believed that Anselm and St. Aquinas have completely different views, however, their views are much more alike than we believe them to be. It is said that “Anselm’s “proof” of God’s existence operates on the premise that there is such a notion as Truth and that this truth is knowable through human intellect, reasoning or understanding” (Anselm 147). This meaning that once you understand what is meant by the concept of God, you can see that as a matter of logic it follows that God has to exist. St. Aquinas’ Summa Contra Gentiles, shows nonbelievers arguments that force their agreement so they can be prepared to assent to Christianity. Thomas states that the truth we know of Christianity are not enough to argue things like the Trinity and

Philosophers, whether they are atheists, or believers have always been eager to discuss the existence of God. Some philosophers, such as St Thomas Aquinas, and St Anselm, believe that we have proven that God exists through our senses, logic, and experience. Others such as Soren Kierkegaard, and Holbach, feel that we will never have the answer to this question due to our human limitations, and reason. The believer tends to rely on faith for his belief, and claim they do not need proof in order to believe in the God's existence. The atheist however, tends to lean more towards common sense and reason, such as science, or the theory of evolution for an answer. The determinalist for example believes that all actions are caused by nature,

Aquinas says we experience causality Nothing is the cause of itself causes are other than their effects. There cannot be an infinite regress of caused causes. If there were an infinite regress, the effects we experience here & now would not exist. Therefore, there must be some first cause and this we call "God." There is also the law of argument by design, we naturally work towards a goal, we also lack the knowing of the outcome, but we reach our goal by being pointed in the direction, therefore there is an intelligent being pointing us in the direction and that would be proof of “God”.

What question has more impact on your life, your future, your decisions, your plans? What question has the greatest bearing on your family, your relationships, on everything you do? The most vital question of all time is does god exist. This one question has been answered, but needs to be proven every single day. It is said that because bad things happen, we have a lot of violence, and god has not been seen, that he is not real. Those are all good reasons to not have faith, but god does exist? Scientists believe that the universe was created by an enormous explosion, now called “The Big Bang Theory.” That is nothing but a theory. It has not been proven that it is true. As simple as it is for us to believe in air, without air we would not