Does God Exist?
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David Newey
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Does God Exist?
The standard definition given to God is a being that is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent. To provide insight on whether a being of this nature exists or does not exist requires scrutiny of what reasons or evidence is there for accepting the existence of God as true or false and whether the conditions stated are plausible. Once common arguments for the existence of God are evaluated, the aim will be to show the existence of God is unprovable and that it is reasonable to conclude that God does not exist.
Firstly, a common attempt to prove God’s existence is the argument of intelligent design. In this argument, the claim is that the universe is orderly and structured in its appearance resembling a machine-like configuration. The best explanation for this is that there was a designer behind it, and only God would have the capability to design something with such complexity. This argument relies on something that is orderly and structured arising from an intelligent mind. However, it is perfectly understandable to think that order could appear at random, even if the possibility of it happening is nearly impossible. The fact is that if it isn’t totally impossible it still has the capability to obtain. Also, sciences such as biology and physics are just as capable of explaining order as an intelligent designer is. It is so that these sciences are not completely conclusive, yet that does not refute their potential to provide a reasonable explanation to the appearance of orderly structure. Furthermore, the argument states that an intelligent designer is required to build or create machine-like structure. However, since this argument relies on the universe being equivalent in complexity to a machine, complicated machinery often requires many minds to bring such complexity to it. The construction of a car does not rely solely on one mind, but rather many minds working together to build it. In turn, it would follow that...
V00689259
Does God Exist?
The standard definition given to God is a being that is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent. To provide insight on whether a being of this nature exists or does not exist requires scrutiny of what reasons or evidence is there for accepting the existence of God as true or false and whether the conditions stated are plausible. Once common arguments for the existence of God are evaluated, the aim will be to show the existence of God is unprovable and that it is reasonable to conclude that God does not exist.
Firstly, a common attempt to prove God’s existence is the argument of intelligent design. In this argument, the claim is that the universe is orderly and structured in its appearance resembling a machine-like configuration. The best explanation for this is that there was a designer behind it, and only God would have the capability to design something with such complexity. This argument relies on something that is orderly and structured arising from an intelligent mind. However, it is perfectly understandable to think that order could appear at random, even if the possibility of it happening is nearly impossible. The fact is that if it isn’t totally impossible it still has the capability to obtain. Also, sciences such as biology and physics are just as capable of explaining order as an intelligent designer is. It is so that these sciences are not completely conclusive, yet that does not refute their potential to provide a reasonable explanation to the appearance of orderly structure. Furthermore, the argument states that an intelligent designer is required to build or create machine-like structure. However, since this argument relies on the universe being equivalent in complexity to a machine, complicated machinery often requires many minds to bring such complexity to it. The construction of a car does not rely solely on one mind, but rather many minds working together to build it. In turn, it would follow that...