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Bob: Today in class, someone mentioned that the concept of God is a false belief. I am not sure whether I believe this and therefore know such a statement. What do you think?

Jane: Hmmm...what an interesting topic. I see that you partake in agnosticism because you do not have enough evidence to neither support the belief of God's existence nor reject it. First, Bob, I must address that while theology may take God's existence as absolutely necessary on the basis of authority, faith, or revelation, many philosophers and some theologians have thought it possible to demonstrate by reason that there must be a God. So let's see if I can help clarify things for you. Luckily this subject goes right up my alley! Well, first you must question the existence of God. And this problem is indeed a profound one. Although there is no empirical evidence to prove the existence of God, there are only rational arguments one can make to support the establishment of this metaphysical theory.

Bob: Well, what good reasons do you have to support the existence of God?

Jane: Oh, my dear I have many awaiting for your youthful mind. First, we will discuss the ontological argument. Since, even a fool can reason the existence of God, try out this ar

Jane: Why yes of course. There is the cosmological argument as well. The cosmological argument claims that for every event there must be a cause. Now, if you trace the succession of causes, you will eventually conclude that there are an infinite number of causes. However, an infinite number of causes and effects is quite incomprehensible. Thus, you must conclude there is no ultimate first cause, or there is such a cause which itself is uncaused. Nonetheless, there must be an initial cause for this succession of causes and effects. Therefore, there must exist a being which is this first cause and itself is uncaused. This being we refer to as God. There is also a second version to this argument which you should be aware of as well. All physical things, even mountains, boulders, and rivers, come into being and go out of existence, no matter how low they last. Therefore, since time is infinite, there must be some time at which none of these things existed. But if there were nothing at that point in time, how could there be anything at all now, since nothing cannot cause anything? Thus, there must always have been at least one necessary thing that is eternal, which is God.

Jane: Excellent question! God's existence is a necessary presupposition of there being any moral judgments that are objective, that go beyond mere relativistic moral preferences; such judgments require standards external to any human mind, that is, they presume God's mind. Any other questions?

Jane: OK, well if you understand the phrase "most perfect being," then you already have conceived of such a being. There is nothing in the definition of a tropical island that entails perfection, but the very definition of God entails that he be all-perfect, so it is impossible to concei

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Category: Religion