An arguement based on logic. God is 'That than which nothing greater can be conceived'. We cannot think of anything greater than God and therefore God exists
The ontological argument
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God is the 'First Cause'.
The cosmological argument
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The world shows that it has been designed and so must have been created or designed by someone
The teleological argument
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People can experience God which proves he exists. This may, for example, be through miracles, conversion, answered prayers or the numinous
The argument from experience
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People have a basic understanding of 'good' and 'bad', 'right' and 'wrong' and this knowledge must have come from God
The moral argument
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Who put forward the ontological argument?
St Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)
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Who devised the cosmological argument?
St Thomas Aquinas (1225-74)
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Who was the mathematician who was one of the first people to propose the design argument?
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
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Who explained the design argument using the example of a watch?
William Paley (1743-1805)
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Who was the Christian theologian who wrote about the idea of the numinous?
Rudolf Otto (1869-1937)
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
God is the 'First Cause'.
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The cosmological argument
Card 3
Front
The world shows that it has been designed and so must have been created or designed by someone
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Card 4
Front
People can experience God which proves he exists. This may, for example, be through miracles, conversion, answered prayers or the numinous
Back
Card 5
Front
People have a basic understanding of 'good' and 'bad', 'right' and 'wrong' and this knowledge must have come from God
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