Is There a God?
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In my opinion I believe there is a God. Theology take the existence of God absolutely necessary on the basis of faith, authority, or revelation, many philosophers and theologians have thought to demonstrate by reason that there is a God. After reading some philosophers believe that God exist and some do not believe that God exist. Descartes has certain knowledge that God exists. He also knows for certain that God would not deceive the thinking mind with perceptions of an external world a world of objects outside the mind, if such did not exist. (Bruder and Moore, 2002)
Philosopher Aquinas of the thirteenth century was famous for formulating five ways of the existence of God can be demonstrated philosophically.
1.The “unmoved mover” argument. This is where there is motion in the world; whatever is in motion will be moved by another thing; it also will be moved by something; in order to avoid regression the first mover is God.
2.The “nothing is caused by itself” argument. You cannot go on your instinct just know that the first cause is God.
3.The cosmological argument. All physical things, even the sun, stars, moon, mountains, and rivers come into being and go out of existence, no matter how they last. Therefore, since time is infinite, there must be some time at which none of these things existed. Thus, there must always have been at least one necessary thing that is eternal, God.
4.Objects in the world have differing degrees of qualities such as goodness. This is God.
5.The teleological argument (argument from design). Things in the world move toward goals just as the arrow does not move toward its goal except by the archers directing it. Thus, there must be an intelligent designer who directs all things to their goals, and this is God. (
St. Anselm in the eleventh century defended Descartes about the existence of God. Therefore, to imagine God as existing only in the mind but not in reality leads to a logical contradiction; this proves the existence of God both in the mind and in reality.
There are arguments against the existence of God given by philosophers, atheists, and agonistics. They think that it is a mental thing of the existence of God. Philosopher Hume was against Aquinass arguments