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Essay / The Existence of God - 1358
We go through life moving from one superficial disagreement to another without really taking the time to think about the meaning of life. Such a question will not be easy to resolve, but in trying to answer it, we stop dreaming and expand our concept of ourselves while gaining knowledge about the outside world (Solomon 10). Unfortunately, anyone who attempts to answer this question quickly realizes that it is not just a general question, but rather the tagline for an overwhelming number of questions. Out of question, the one that has had the most influence on humanity is the notion of knowing whether God exists or not. Philosophers and non-philosophers, from ancient civilizations to our modern era, have made their contribution. Over the following pages, the idea of God will be defined, explained and defended by the ontological argument to ultimately prove that God exists. In the three main Western monotheistic religions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity, God is defined as an independent being. being who transcends humanity and the universe he created. Furthermore, God is given the attributes of a rational moral being concerned with the notion of human justice and suffering due to the fact that he is omnipotent, knowing everything and everywhere at once (50). Given these characteristics, it invites criticism and anger given that every day the world as we know it is plagued by death, pain, suffering, and an overall unsatisfying life. He goes on to say that if God was what he was supposed to be and more, shouldn't his power be reflected as a utopian world? First, before using human suffering as an excuse to deny the existence of God, it is necessary to establish...... middle of paper ...... it's easy to take their defense and to mock those who lacked faith because they were obviously wrong and who is to say that this could not be the case in the future?Works Cited “Free Will”. Stanford University. Stanford University, October 29, 2009. Web. April 26, 2014 Grzesik, Tadeusz. "Faith and conscience - the surest arguments in favor of the existence of God." Forum Philosophicum: International Review of Philosophy 17.2 (2012): 245-268. Religion and Philosophy Collection. Internet. April 26, 2014. Kreeft, Peter and Tacelli, Ronald. “Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God.” Intervarsity Press, 1994. web. April 27, 2014.Monton, Bradley. “Mixed strategies cannot escape Pascal’s bet.” Analysis 71.4 (2011): 642-645. Religion and Philosophy Collection. Internet. April 26, 2014. Saka, Paul. “Pascal’s bet on God.” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Internet. April 29 2014.