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Proofs for the existence of god Name of the Writer Name of the Institution Proofs for the existence of god Q.... Introduction The debate for the existence or non-existence of god as an all knowing, all powerful Supreme Being has existed ever since the beginning of time, or as others would say, the evolution of man as a thinking, reasoning being.... There are unanswered questions even today about the importance and existence of god as creator of this universe or the galaxies that astronomers see through their ever more powerful telescope....
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Name Date Course Section/# Anselm's Ontological Argument for the existence of god and Three Philosophical Critiques Every culture and religious grouping has its own divine being associated with defined powerful roles.... Stone asserts that Gaunilo shared this worry to explain that a person could use non-existent things to portray the existence of non-existent things.... god.... This paper discusses the logic that god does exist through focusing on the criticisms that Gaunilo, Kant, and Hume's criticisms to Anselm's theory....
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This paper ''The Debate on God's Existence'' tells that Over the years, philosophers, theologians, and scientists have engaged each other in the debate on the existence of god.... Other arguments related to the existence of god suggested, that the belief in the existence of god depends on the knowledge that an individual has over the subject.... For the argument on the existence of god to be convincing, philosophers have had to contend with whether it is vital to provide evidence on this subject, which makes it a harder task....
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The paper "Evaluation of Aquinas's Criticism on God's Existence and Self-evidence" intends to delineate Anselm's ontological argument about the existence of god and Thomas Aquinas' criticism and refutation of the view that God's existence is self-evident.... Various theologians and philosophers have extended ontological and theological arguments for the existence of god.... Yet, in their theological and philosophical confabulations, they seem to be more concerned about establishing the relevance of their approach rather than proving the existence of god....
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The paper "Descartes' and Kant's Approaches to God" will present the view of Descartes and Kant on the existence of god and utilize several philosophical theory, suggesting that the approach which was adopted by Kant is more credible.... Thus, the former developed the so called ontological argument for existence of god: Descartes based his proof on the concept that God is the most perfect creature and, since existence is a part of perfection, He ought to exist (Cahoone 45)....
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Ontological arguments for the existence of god are based on reason rather than observation.... Ontological arguments do not look for the physical evidence to show the existence of god.... Most ontological arguments use this approach to explain the concept of the existence of god.... Despite this, the ontological augments go on to show how they can deduce the existence of god from the definition of God.... An example of an ontological argument is the having views that the existence of god to be absurd as the four-sided triangle or existence of the married bachelor....
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This paper 'The Proofs of the existence of god' is focused on the consideration of the evidential reasons to believe in God's existence and to believe in His non-existence.... It simply claims that the expected utility of belief in the existence of god far outreaches the expected utility of the absence of belief in God.... Humanity has searched for the discovery of the nature of god for a long time since the conscious living.... Humanity has searched for the discovery of the nature of god for a long time since the conscious living....
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This paper ''Anselm's Ontological Argument for the existence of god'' tells that Anselm's argument for Gods existence is one of the most debated arguments for the existence of god (Geisler, 1976, 89).... Gaunilo of Marmoutier was basing his attack on Anselms ontological argument on the basis that the Anselms argument for the existence of god is based on the fact that it would be absurd to conclude that God does not exist if first of all he is the most perfect being that can be conceived to exist, and yet a most perfect being, a being than which no greater being can exist, must exist in order to be most perfect....
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