Existence of God

Susana Stewart Instructor: Dr. Michael McDowell Course: PHIL 201 Date: 12/13/2015 INTRODUCTION The question of God’s existence has been challenged by many philosophers and non-philosophers alike over the years. If I am honest with myself, during many hard times I have questioned Gods existence myself. Arguments that have been used to support the existence of a divine being includes; the cosmological argument and the theological argument. However, there are some who oppose these arguments and philosopher

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. The Ontological argument is a philosophical argument trying to prove the existence of God, by

Does God Exist? A physiological and personal perspective The idea of God and His existence has baffled the human race for a very long time. At some point God’s existence was never doubted, for His presence and existence was all around in people’s faith and miracles. As time went on, advancement of modern science has made God come into question. . Once being the all mighty Perfect Being is now the source of lots of doubt. The same Being that was once the certain One without a doubt has now become

The question of the existence of a higher power, or a god, has long plagued philosophers. Today, much of the intellectual community believe that a god does not, and cannot exist. Yet, for much of the world’s population there is a firm belief in a deity. McCloskey in his article “On Being an Atheist”, outlines the reasons he believes theists are wrong. As a result it is only natural for theists to examine his work and see if his points truly defeat the idea of god’s existence. McCloskey begins by

of First Philosophy" Descartes tries to prove the existence of God in the third meditation. He does this by coming up with several premises that eventually add up to a solid argument. First, I will explain why Descartes ask the question, does god exist? And why does Descartes think he needs such and argument at this point in the text. Secondly, I will explain, in detail, the arguments that Descartes makes and how he comes to the conclusion that God does exist. Next, I will debate some of Descartes

The Design Argument for the Existence of God While theology may take God's existence as absolutely necessary on the basis of authority, faith, or discovery, many philosophers have thought it possible to demonstrate by reason that there must be a God. The teleological argument, also known as the argument from design quite simply states that a designer must exist since the universe and living things display elements of design in their order, consistency, unity and pattern

attributes is widely known to be god. God is an idol and symbolic representation of deities superior than humans, but does it truly exist? There are strong arguments if god’s existence is an actuality, such as why doesn’t it unambiguously reveal itself? Hume implies that he is not accepting of the idea of god's existence, and he sees the nature of the god of a true and philosophical religion. The rhetorical forces of these arguments as mentioned explains how god is non-existent, but more so just

something which is more perfect- in other words, that which contains more reality in itself- cannot be made from that which is less perfect. Descartes uses this principle in an attempt to prove the existence of God. In this essay I aim to explore the validity of the principle as justification for Gods existence by discussing Descartes take on the hierarchy of ideas Descartes explores the hierarchy of being by dividing being into three levels: infinite substance, finite substance and mode. Substances

Arguments for Existance of God I have chosen the Christian religion to examine in this particular piece of coursework. Over the centuries philosophers and theologians have put forward a number of different arguments to argue the existence of God. The particular arguments I will be looking at are the Teleological Argument and the Cosmological Argument. ==================================================================== William Paley put the Teleological argument

out in his meditations to prove that something exists beyond any doubt. He determines that the only way to prove anything outside of his mind is to prove the existence of his idea of God. The ideas that come from his process are interesting, but he doesn’t prove the existence of God is undeniable. Several arguments Descartes uses to claim God exists, don’t hold up to what he has proved up to that point in his meditations. The first being his use of the causal principle on which the rest of his argument