Arguments for the Existence of God
- Created by: Ollie Hair
- Created on: 31-12-14 14:02
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- Arguments for the existence of God
- Theist - someone who believes in God
- Atheist - someone who does not believe in God
- Agnostic - Someone who is not sure
- The First Cause Argument
- Everything that exists was caused to exist
- The universe exists, so it must have a cause
- There must have been something eternal that had was not caused
- The eternal cause is God
- Therefore God must exist
- The eternal cause is God
- There must have been something eternal that had was not caused
- The universe exists, so it must have a cause
- Everything that exists was caused to exist
- The Design Argument
- The Universe it very ordered
- It cannot have come about by random chance
- It must have been designed
- A design needs a designer
- The designer is God
- A design needs a designer
- It must have been designed
- It cannot have come about by random chance
- The Universe it very ordered
- Miracles
- If there is no natural explanation for what happened it must be supernatural
- Therefore the event must have been caused by something outside of nature
- Only God is outside of Nature
- Therefore God exists
- Only God is outside of Nature
- Therefore the event must have been caused by something outside of nature
- If there is no natural explanation for what happened it must be supernatural
- Religious experience
- People are certain that God exists because they have personally met him
- Prayer
- Nature
- Conversion
- Miracles
- People are certain that God exists because they have personally met him
- Morality
- People have an inbuilt sense of Morality
- This comes from outside of them
- This source is God
- This comes from outside of them
- People have an inbuilt sense of Morality
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