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is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....

supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...

is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...

is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...

In six pages this paper examines St. Thomas Aquinas' 'proof' that God exists. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

In nine pages this paper presents the 'First Cause' concept and analytically proves it to be invalid with references made to the t...

from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...

did not hold much power within society, inasmuch as there was an unyielding sense of control that loomed over the aspects of freed...

to God or to some type of "Ultimate Reality" (16). Such an experience differs from religious insight in that a religious insight ...

In six pages the proof Descartes offered that God exists is considered but other relevant issues such as why he would have been mo...

In five pages God's existence as it is considered within the context of Mortimer Adler's How to Think about God A Guide for the 20...

the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to...

simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...

with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...

Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, not in the realm...

In a paper consisting of three pages the existence of God as it is presented in the 'Watchmaker' argument is critiqued with extens...

In a paper consisting of eight pages the existence of God is predicated on philosophical as opposed to religious supporting argume...

In seven pages this paper examines the perspectives of this seventeenth century philosopher in terms of man's natural existence an...

than a man can do the same for God, if there is a God. In essence, if God exists then God is a being that is capable of creating a...

one thing causing another to come into existence. While scientists can argue persuasively that the Big Bang was the beginning of t...

the idea of punishment; the God of the Old Testament is particularly fierce in his judgments. So perhaps morality is in reality f...

called the Son of God" (Aherne). In John 1:49, Nathaniel, at their first meeting, referred to Jesus as the Son of God (Aherne). Wh...

the meditations is not to prove what they establish, but rather to show how the world of physics could be mapped reliably and inde...

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

prove the existence of God, which he considered to be self-evident. Aquinas said that when we are not able to demonstrate the caus...

argued that this is true, Plato, but let us bring forth two other philosophers to create a better atmosphere for this discourse. ...