Living in a secular society, there are questions that will come up throughout life in our relations with non-Christians or those of other beliefs. Two big questions come up very often in the world of higher education when dealing with reason and science, which are often pitted against religion. Science often conflicts with religious beliefs and convictions so that both cannot be true "or so it seems. Are we as Christians defying the laws of reason? Is Christianity even rational?.
Often in conservative Christian circles, a battle is portrayed between Scripture and science in which only one can be correct. As Glynn noted early in his life, "either Darwin's theory was true or the creation story in the book of Genesis was true. They could not both be true -(Glynn 3). This appearance of conflict is nothing new: Galileo faced it hundreds of years ago. To create this conflict, there must be two conflicting viewpoints. Essentially today in their purest form they are that either the world was created by God in seven days, during which time God created man out of the dust of the earth and gave him a soul and spirit in the likeness of Himself, or else the earth is a by-product of a universe which began with the big bang, and life as we know it began with an accident that evolved to become what we are today. These two separate ideas have both been pinned to fundamental ideologies that people are not willing to give up. The creation argument is attached to the infallibility of scripture, and often Christians consider any deviation from a literal interpretation to be undermining its validity as such. On the contrary, the big bang and evolution side of the conflict has attached itself to a staunch atheism: it is not even the realization of pure science any more today as it once was. Any deviation from atheism is considered by those belonging to this opinion to be a rebellion against science and reason.
Finally, he brings his proof to a close by claiming God must exist. ... Having faith has much to do with his proofs on God's existence. ... In the end, why do we seek proof for the existence of God? ... It also makes me doubt his premises and second proof of why God exist. ... The existence of God in my opinion is not based on a proof. ...
Descartes" Proof of the Existence of God Rene Descartes, the father of philosophy, used his writings in Meditations on First Philosophy to delve into the pit of skepticism. In the first two Meditations one is fascinated by his proofs and his finding the version of the cogito, or his nature, only to find their selves confused and not fully satisfied when it comes to his proof of the existence of God in Meditation III. ... The second reason is that we live in an age where people are skeptical about giving proofs on the existence of God because then faith would be useless. ... Not only...
He had five different proofs (also knowsn as the five different ways) to prove for the existence of God. ... And the mover is God. The second proof is causation, meaning that something can't exist without a decent reason for its existence and that every effect must have a cause (Rice, 1983), and in return, the cause must be the effect of another cause, and so on. ... The final proof for Aquinas' argument has to do with the universe and the order of nature. ... We cannot touch God, see God, or smell God and he could just be another fairytale character like Santa Clause and the tooth f...
The problem is that Descartes gives no proof as to why this is true. ... What Descartes means is that if the idea of God exists, God must exist, because God causes the idea of God. ... The only argument against this is that there is no proof that God was/is the Great Causer of all things, and not something else. ... So, Descartes" mathematical, faithless proof that God exists is flawed. It is flawed because it is possible that God is an adventitious or invented idea, it is flawed because the causation principle cannot truly rely on God's existence, and it is flawed because there is no pr...
Proof of God as a first cause, proof of God through conscience, and proof of a God through religious people of history are the three best to use. ... I have come to find that these proofs do prove God exists and are very hard to argue against. ... Humans's consciences are proof of the God's reason and logic. ... They don't necessarily understand this desire, and where it comes from, but the proof of God is there. ... The three best proofs to use are proof of God through people of history, proof of God through conscience, and proof of God through the creation of the un...
Does God exist? ... To proof this statement he followed it up with several statements such as: "Truly there is a God, although the fool hath said in his heart, there is no God." ... Aquinas also believed in the existence of God, with this he formulated five proofs of God's existence. ... Every philosophers has developed their own proofs and opinions on the subject, and until God comes down to earth or gives proof of his existence, then their will still be arguments on his existence. The Ontological, Cosmological, and Theological are all well known proofs, this proofs have brought much lig...
Does God exist? ... To proof this statement he followed it up with several statements such as: "Truly there is a God, although the fool hath said in his heart, there is no God." ... Aquinas also believed in the existence of God, with this he formulated five proofs of God's existence. ... Every philosophers has developed their own proofs and opinions on the subject, and until God comes down to earth or gives proof of his existence, then their will still be arguments on his existence. The Ontological, Cosmological, and Theological are all well known proofs, this proofs have brought much lig...
The Final Proof As man has evolved and progressed in reason there has been one question that has persisted throughout eons of time, "Does God Exist?" ... This style of scientific proof takes into account the five senses, which on a basic understanding offers little to dispute. ... Anselm has been able to completely rest the proof of an Almighty Being on principles all which can be know independently of our own understanding of this great world. ... God, by definition, is a necessary being. 7. Therefore, God exists. ...
If I were to decide at any given time that I would like to pursue the truth of God, or maybe enamor myself in his graces, I would probably start looking at three of the main proofs of the existence of God. ... These three proofs include the Ontological proof of the existence of God, the Teological proof of the existence of God, and the Cosmological proof of the existence of God. ... Anselm's Ontological proof of the existence of God. ... Secondly is the Cosmological proof of the existence of God, and the biggest contributors to this theory is the poster boy for Catholicism, and one of t...
Does God Exist? ... There are many different proofs to the existence of God, and the type of proof used depends on the person being spoken to. ... Jesus used miracles to prove himself because they are such a good proof to God's existence. ... This proof gives a person no other choice then believing in God. ... There are many proofs to the existence of God, but the proof used in different situations with different people is important to turning them into believers. ...
