In the study of theology it is necessary to believe that there is a God based on faith. “If I were asked to prove that Zeus and Poseidon and Hera and the rest of the Olympians do not exist, I should be at a loss to find conclusive arguments” (Bertrand Russell). There is just no way you could prove or disapprove that statement. Faith is the only thing that that can bind us with God. There is no DNA or forensic evidence that can be used to prove or disprove this case. We have no way of knowing that there is absolutely a God. However if there is a God in our mind then there must also be one in reality, right? “To imagine God as existing only in the mind but not in reality leads to a logical contradiction; this proves the existence of God both in the mind and in reality” (Anselm). St.

Anselm defined in his words “that (being God) than which nothing greater can be conceived” (Anselm). So if we can conceive God in our minds he/she must also exist in reality.

As we live our everyday lives we all know that “I exist” that we are all real. Now take a few moments and now imagine that you have died. Well when everyone invisions their own death most people just see there dead body. This means that pretty much everyone believes that there soul has now been released and they are just seeing there physical shape. You will never actually believe that you are dead that you have ceased to exist. You will always invision yourself alive, even after death, even if its just as a witness of what has taken place, just like God is.

One of the most profoundly influential of all the medieval philosophers was Dominican Thomas Aquinas, who was refered to as “the angelic teacher.” Aquinas was widely known for his work in Christian theology. St. Thomas Aquinas developed the famous "five ways" by which God's existence can be demonstrated philosophically. He also states three main arguments on which his ways are defined. The first three ways are in support of his “cosmological argument.” The fourth way is supported by his “moral argument” and the fifth by his “teleological argument.” The first way is an argument for motion. “If there is something moving and since everything

Some topics in this essay:
God God, Thomas Aquinas, St Aquinas, God Aquinas's, , St Anselm, Poseidon Hera, God DNA, Bertrand Russell, god mind, god god, mind reality, christian theology, believe god, theology st, live everyday, christian theology st, god mind reality, thomas aquinas,