Kedra Carr
July 2, 2011
PHI-103
Jeff Culver

Asserting God’s Existence People of many years and even today have different views on how this world became. Beliefs of different God’s ruled the ancient years because of what people thought to be true of the world had to be upheld by a leader or a higher spirit, object or being that made all good happenings exist.
Some religions actually share common beliefs and some oppose the fact of whom or what the number one God is or does. For example, the Buddhist has a belief in Siddhartha Gautama. They believe the teaching of this name and to them this may be their God. Siddhartha Gautama teaches them to realize that there is no rebirth after we die and everything should be a self mind controlled focus on your life.
As for Christianity we argue these beliefs because the evidence we articulate overwhelms our faith and strengthen our minds to a logical understanding of ontology through what we experience and who we know as God. There are a few things that most of the general population share. It is the fact that we are all human beings who have a belief in some one or something, and when we find our worldview we tend to see life from a new aspect.
Christians may tend to live whole-heartedly for Jesus Christ and share to others of the amazing joy and love that changed their hearts and lives because of their faith of what he does to change lives in general. Others may develop a world view that can separate their hart from the truth of God for they are revealed to their own religion alone by God.
The existence of God is presented in four different philosophical arguments that support a certain conception of God. One is the ontological argument. It dates back to St Anslem an eleventh century philosopher/theologian. The ontological argument is studied to prove God’s being from the laws of logic alone. This argument basically says that once we find God in our harts and mentally grasp the understanding of him, we would see that it’s impossible for him not to exist. I have experimented this demonstration and the ontological argument is successful.
Second, is the cosmological argument. This argument can make you ask yourself “If there is no God, than how does this big universe exist”: There had to be someone greater than just man alone to develop a whole universe. This argument is successful to me because it makes me think and realize beyond the point of reality
Third is teleological argument it proves the existence of God from the fact of how orderly the universe is arranged. Of course the world could have been done differently. It could have been created in away that weren’t so suitable for human beings. So when we think about a creator we must know that everything that was created is in our interest. The creator had taken a deep interest in humanity. I believe this argument is successful because we are very lucky to even have a place of such kind to dwell. What if the animals were to live like the humans and the humans like animals? Do you think that we could have thought of a creation such as this universe?
Four is the moral argument. When we think about morality we think of commands. This argument proves that God exist because there are moral laws we have to abide by so this world wouldn’t be destroyed. I think if everyone had the privilege to do any and everything they wanted to do then the universe wouldn’t amount to anything, not what God planned it to be. But some how he knew of all that would happen because the moral laws must be obeyed. If God didn’t exist who would actually care about what’s right? This argument is successful because it asks this question.
There are several points that have proven that the existence of god is true. When we speak of the trinity we speak o the father, son, and the Holy Spirit. The man who died for our sins on the cross. The son of God which was Jesus had witnesses that saw his work of proving the most astonishing claims. One of his claims was to die for all humanity so that they could have life and attain salvation.
When they crucified Jesus why did everyone seem so guilty and shameful? Was it because they felt sorry for what they’d done or because they new the man had done great deeds of work such as casting out demons, healing the sick, returning eyesight to the blind. I mean…you would think that Caesar’s hart, felt some kind of remorse. Out of all these great things Jesus had done, no one else could do except for God! I actually think that they believed he was the son of God. They just wanted him to prove it in their way just as people do today. If it’s not the way they want it then it’s nothing. But God had a different plan Jesus was suppose to die. I wonder if they would have killed him if he claimed to be the son of the devil. Probably not because that’s nothing spectacular.
There where also people that witness’ Jesus’ resurrection. When God raised Jesus from the dead he put an end to all speculation. I believe that whatever evidence there is for Jesus resurrection” then, is evidence for the truth of the claims that he made about himself, the father, our God.

References http://buddhism.about.com/od/introductiontobuddhism/a/budbeliefs.htm http://www.existence-of-god.com/lord-liar-lunatic.html