Philosophy of Religion: Arguments for God's Existence

             A dictionary definition of God is a being conceived of as supernatural, immortal, and having special powers over the lives and affairs of people and nature. Along with many other individuals throughout the world, they believe in a higher human being otherwise known as God. Therefore I am defending the presence of God. There are only two arguments in favor of the existence of God. One comes from reason and the other from experience. The argument from reason is an ontological argument. It is based upon the assumption that something had to create all that is around us. The idea is that God is the perfect being imaginable.
             The arguments from experience are based upon one of several approaches. These include Teleological, Cosmological, and moral debate. The teleological argument is based on a different assumption: science has shown us the universe is an orderly design, not confusion and chaos. This argument is based upon the results of our experience. I believe that for something or someone to exist, there has to be a creator. For whatever the item may be, whether it's a house or a watch, the existence of a carpenter or a watchmaker had to be present at some point in time. Like Voltaire then said, "but if the universe does not prove the existence of a great Architect (God), then I consent to be called a fool." I can also be called a fool. After all, I believe that this statement makes perfect sense because someone with supernatural and extraordinary powers is the only one capable of making this universe.
             There are several famous arguments for the existence of God. The First Cause view maintains that since every effect has its cause behind it, the first effect in the world must have had its reason, which was in itself both cause and effect. The cosmological argument maintains that since the world and all that is in it seem to have no necessary or absolute existence, an independent reality (God) must be disguised for the world to...

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