Proving the existence of God is a confounding problem that has captured the interest of people for many centuries. From the point of view of human suffering, it is possible to argue that the existence of evil and suffering in the world is a basis to challenge the existence of God Johnson explains this problem using the example of a six month old infant who perishes in an inferno. “Can we consider anyone as good who had the power to save this infant from painful death and did not” (Johnson, p.1).
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to have their own thoughts and beliefs on whether or not a God exists who created and designed the universe and everything in it. Dr. Frank Turek and Christopher Hitchens are no exception in the matter, as they displayed in their debate at Virginia Commonwealth University on September 9, 2008. Dr. Turek, co-author of “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist,” embraces a Christian, or theistic, worldview while Mr. Hitchens, author of “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything,” is very explicitly
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This paper is going to be about the two philosophers Thomas Aquinas and Bertrand Russell. Each of them argues about the existence of God, and both have different opinions on it. Aquinas’ argument is about efficient causation, whereas Russell’s is the first-cause argument. I believe that Thomas Aquinas’s argument was validly challenged by by Bertrand Russell’s argument. I believe that Russell’s argument and Aquinas’ argument were both very well put together but I do believe that Russell’s argument
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world of philosophy consists of so many unanswered questions. One such question is whether or not God exists. This is the very question that has grasped the imagination of humanity since the birth of reason, and the same question that has plagued scientists and philosophers without coming close to an accepted conclusion. God is a word that means different things to different people. The definition for God, according to most monotheistic religions is the creator and ruler of the universe, and the source
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God is everywhere It was one of the most challenging tasks I had been given. Mother returned from work by 3pm and said she was hungry. I had been home playing with my baby sister, waiting for Mother to come home and make lunch. Next thing she said, “Prepare rice and stew for the house, and bring mine to my room!” “Me?” I asked, totally confused and not sure I heard well. “Yes you,” she replied both in anger and irritation. “How can I have a daughter as old as you, and I come back tired
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question that brings nations together; does God exist? This is an inquisition that Has stumped many and has resulted in the emergence of countless theories to prove the existence of a Supreme Being. Following the three different arguments, defended and criticized by numerous philosophers, the ontological, cosmological, and teleological argument are indisputable proof of the existence of God. The idea of God has been around for thousands of
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Does the existence of evil shows God does not exist? Most folks in the world are disheartened by the bitter fact that evil happens. People are astonishment as to why God can exist and at the same time allow the evil we see and experience each and every day in our environs to prevail (Braine 1-10). They fail to fathom the reason why the capable God would by genuine reasons agree to the notion that the power of choice should be bestowed in humans. They claim that if God is really a loving God he ought
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As a Christian and a believer of God, I must defend my belief as said in the Bible in 1 Peter 3: 15-16 (NRSV), “but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and reverence.” In my philosophical perspective, theism could be the most plausible world view. The theist approach to a plausible world view can be shown through Frank Truek. Truek said that there
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was not to prove that it is impossible to know that things exists, but to demonstrate that knowledge of these things through the senses is subject to doubt. Essentially, if knowledge originates through the senses, how could one be sure that anything external exists? Since it is apparent that external objects do exist, this knowledge cannot originate from the senses, but from the mind.
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questioned the necessity of evil and whether God is truly a loving god. This can be answered and/or argued on different levels depending on a certain set of perspective. Those who conform to a religion may even state various stories to prove why evil continues to persist in mankind. The people who have experienced a tragic event in the past have the tendency to stay away from any religious system.Some would even affirm that religion and the existence of God is a form of colonization and exploitation
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