... as a well ordered system, a belief this argument rests upon. A common feature in all the versions of this argument for the existence of God is their need for a beginning of either the universe or the systems within the universe. Many associate this "beginning" with the word "God". The philosopher Plato questioned " How can a thing that is moved by another ever be the beginning ... must be a personal being who freely chooses to create the world" The forerunner, Gottfried Leibniz, of the principal of sufficient reasoning felt the whole cosmological argument hinged on the question "why is ...

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... Russell attempted to counter Hume's theory, formulating a "principle of induction". He states that we all believe that the sun will rise tomorrow morning and then asks, "Is this belief a mere blind outcome of past experience, or can it be justified as a reasonable belief?...Do any number of ... reason for believing in what is called "the uniformity of nature"?" (Russell, B. 1998,p.98). This belief is that every thing that has happened or will happen can be predicted by some general law. It is this view that underlies the theory of induction. He goes on to ... rejects the idea that scie...

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