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Existence Of God
921 wordsGod... god is dead and no one cares drowning in his own hypocrisy and if there is a hell I will see you there burning with your god in humility... Trent Reznor, from Heresy Does God exist As you can see above, even the most vile human beings acknowledge him. But trying to argue for or against the idea that God exists is much more difficult than believing that he exists or even acknowledging that there is a higher power. Even Charles Darwin the British naturalist who developed the theory of evolu...
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God's Existence And The Arguments
1,121 wordsThe existence of God has been a philosophical question that has been discussed for centuries. Many theories have come about, trying to explain and prove the existence of God. From the Cosmological Argument, to the Teleological Argument, and including the Ontological Argument, all have been argued at one time or another. The main focal point of this paper will be on the Ontological Argument, its reasons, and the people that stand behind and support it. The Ontological Argument is the argument tha...
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Demea's First Argument Against Cleanthes
1,584 wordsIn Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion we are introduced to three characters that serve the purpose to debate God and his nature, more specifically, what can mankind infer about God and his nature. The three characters; Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes all engage in a debate concerning this question and they all serve the purpose of supporting their views on the subject. It is the "argument from design" put forth by Cleanthes that is the focal point of the discussion, and it is Demea and Phi...
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Third Proof The Argument Of Possibility Necessity
510 wordsAccording to Aquinas everything is created was created by God. Aquinas made five proofs to proof the God exists and HE created everything. His five proofs are motion, efficient cause, possibility / necessity, gradation, and governance of the world. Aquinas first proof, the argument of motions is that everything in motion is put into motion by something else. So, nothing can move itself (nothing not in motion can put itself in motion). But then is no beginning because there's no way to start anyt...
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Christianity And Literature Lewis
4,974 wordsChristianity and Literature Lewis here writes about Christianity and literature, specifically what is Christian literature and how does it differ with secular literature. He read this paper to a religious society at Oxford fairly early in his Christian walk. The question he seems to be answering is, 'What is Christian literature?' His main argument is that the rules for good literature are the same for both Christian and non-Christian. He writes, 'The rules for writing a good passion play or a g...
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Existence Of God
1,501 wordsAnselm's ontological argument is an explanation that Anselm came up with to prove that God exists. He uses a step by step procedure to persuade you into believing that since we can picture and think of God as the greatest being, then he must exist. In the beginning of his discussion, Anselm asks what is it that we mean when we speak of God. The first thing I think of when I speak of God is the creator of earth, the superior being. Anselm also believes that whence speak of God we are speaking of ...
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Arguments For Existence
3,128 wordsThroughout history there has been a concept of a greater being (s) that guided our lives. In the beginning the main idea was that of plurality and polytheism. In ancient Greece and Rome, there were various gods that were believed to control different aspects of life. At some point, people began to worship only one god, the god of their own tribe. This religious position of henotheism eventually shifted to monotheism, for many. With monotheism comes the idea that your god is not only the god of y...
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Deductive And A Priori Argument
2,595 wordsI. Introduction In the year 1098, the monk / arch -bishop / philosopher Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) began work on his third text the Prosologium. Though he had written at length before, primarily on interpretative doctrines of religious theology, in the Prosologium he attempted a bold new task. His attempt was to prove the existence of god, through the means just of reason. His efforts produced "the ontological argument" (sometimes referred to as the "argument from perfection" or the "argum...
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