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IS PROOF FOR THE EXISTANCE OF GOD NECESSARY
PHI 208 ETHICS and MORAL REASONING
RACHEL HOWELL
MELISSA FUTRELL
10/19/13
INTORDUCTION
IS PROOF FOR THE EXISTANCE OF GOD NECESSARY
When people talk about Religion or Christianity, one major question is proving that God is real, and how can we prove it. In order to become Christian or a follower of God, it is important to be able to prove the existence of God. The existence of God means that there is a heaven for our souls to go too, it also means that there is a hell that we need to try to avoid. In my paper, I will be presenting the arguments of philosophers as well as my own argument to the existence of god. While also presenting the side that is most convincing to me with logical reasoning. I believe that we as humans find it necessary to have something to believe in whether it is God, Jehovah, or Christ. The issue is not believing in something but how we are able to prove what it is that we believe in. So is it necessary to prove the existence of God? Yes, so there will be no more doubts, and knowing and being able to prove the existence of God would leave room for hope and faith and would allow humans to have lesser fear.
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Many people have tried to prove through many different ways that God exist. Anselm used the Ontological argument, proposing that if god could be thought of and perceived, then God has to exist. The Ontological argument is a group of different philosopher’s arguments for the existence of God. “Ontological” means talking about being and so in the philosophy case, that being is the existence or being of God. Anselm’s first from of the argument is that God is “that than which none greater can be conceived” (Mosser, 2010)
St. Anselm of Canterbury, states that “a fool would say that the concept of this being’s existence is only in his mind and in the mind of others but not in reality.” (Anselm,) Whatever is understood by the fool is argued that than which nothing is greater...
PHI 208 ETHICS and MORAL REASONING
RACHEL HOWELL
MELISSA FUTRELL
10/19/13
INTORDUCTION
IS PROOF FOR THE EXISTANCE OF GOD NECESSARY
When people talk about Religion or Christianity, one major question is proving that God is real, and how can we prove it. In order to become Christian or a follower of God, it is important to be able to prove the existence of God. The existence of God means that there is a heaven for our souls to go too, it also means that there is a hell that we need to try to avoid. In my paper, I will be presenting the arguments of philosophers as well as my own argument to the existence of god. While also presenting the side that is most convincing to me with logical reasoning. I believe that we as humans find it necessary to have something to believe in whether it is God, Jehovah, or Christ. The issue is not believing in something but how we are able to prove what it is that we believe in. So is it necessary to prove the existence of God? Yes, so there will be no more doubts, and knowing and being able to prove the existence of God would leave room for hope and faith and would allow humans to have lesser fear.
Page 1.
Many people have tried to prove through many different ways that God exist. Anselm used the Ontological argument, proposing that if god could be thought of and perceived, then God has to exist. The Ontological argument is a group of different philosopher’s arguments for the existence of God. “Ontological” means talking about being and so in the philosophy case, that being is the existence or being of God. Anselm’s first from of the argument is that God is “that than which none greater can be conceived” (Mosser, 2010)
St. Anselm of Canterbury, states that “a fool would say that the concept of this being’s existence is only in his mind and in the mind of others but not in reality.” (Anselm,) Whatever is understood by the fool is argued that than which nothing is greater...