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Russell believes that primarily, you must believe in God and immortality in order to be a Christian. However for those who might believe in God, yet are skeptical about the issue of immortality, are these true Christians? I believe a reasonable assumption would be the belief in God himself. For if someone believes in God, and God is immortal, hence should there be a question of immortality. Despite what conclusions I may draw, Russell clearly states that he "does not believe in God and in immortality; and secondly I do not think that Christ was the best and wisest of men." Although credit should be given when Russell states that "I grant him a very high degree of moral goodness." Yeah, don't be too modest Russell.
Russell also brings the issue of Christians must also have a belief in hell. The belief of an eternal hell of fire is something that many "attempting the good life" people may have an issue with. For if you "attempt the good life", yet fail there is an eternal fire awaiting you in the depths of hell. "Consequently I (Russell) shall not insist that a Christian must believe in hell." .
There clearly is no denying the fact that Russell views the existence of God a long and drawn out debate, stating that the explanation would keep us here "until Kingdom Come" , yet he does acknowledge the fact that the existence of God can be proved by unaided reason. .
I believe the simplest and easiest way to shoot down the existence of an ultimate being conceived as the perfect, is the argument of the First Cause. Now it is primarily important that knowledge of a first mover is understood. "It is maintained that everything we see in this world has a cause, and as you go back in the chain of cause further and further you must come to a First Cause." As for this first cause, many believe it to be God. Even without any notion of explanation, the argument that God is the First Cause clearly cannot have any validity.
Existence of God God exists or he doesn't. ... It is far from a controversial question, for if God does exist, then our actions in life matter, if he does not exist, then our faith does not matter at all. In my belief system, God does exist. ... Whether or not he exists, does not matter to me. ... Therefore do these planets exist or not? ...
Some believe that God does not exist, and Auschwitz was an example that proves that he does not exist. This is probably the simplest answer to the question, because why would God allow something like this to proceed, if he existed? Also the God we think might not be the real God that exists. Others believed that God had turned his back on humanity (he does not care) and if that is the case why even believe in this God? Still there are others who might think that god does exist, and either caused (or at least permitted) the destruction of the Jews, the Gypsies and the other victims. ...
Does God Exist? ... Ontological arguments are a priori, which show that God exists without appealing to a sense experience. ... Therefor God must exist, why you might ask? If the greatest thing that we can conceive does not exist than we can still conceive the greatest thing that does exist, and that would be God. ... In Descartes "the Argument from Perfection" he reasons that if existence is one of the perfections and God has all the perfections, then God must exist. ...
EXISTENCE OF GOD Does God Exist? ... In my life I myself have always came to the question does God really exist. ... Her opinion is that God does exist. ... Christianity is a religion that strongly believes that God does exist. ... In conclusion, does God really Exist? ...
Does God Exist? ... In my life I myself have always came to the question does God really exist. ... Her opinion is that God does exist. ... Christianity is a religion that strongly believes that God does exist. ... In conclusion, does God really Exist? ...
Abstract: This paper addresses some issues on whether God exists. ... If God exists in a different dimension that is out of human conceivability, then God may not be bounded to have a beginning or end because Time may not exist at all in that dimension. So long as God does not exist in the same dimension as ours, the being of God is not bounded by any rules under human perception. ... Otherwise, is God capable of doing evil for it is one of the things he created? ... Or if God is not capable of doing evil, is this a limit of his omnipotence? ...
Does God Exist? When the question of God's existence arises, there are basically two answers, He exists(on some level or another) or he doesn't. ... If he did not exist, then he would not be perfect...Assuredly that, than which nothing greater can be conceived cannot exist in understanding alone." ... This does seem to be true if we follow our earthly "rules" and use our finite judgement. ... I know I do. ...
Descartes" argumentation is flawed and does not adequately prove the existence of God. ... Descartes, a famous rationalist thinker, insisted that God does exist, and utilized rationalistic premise to deduce his proof for God's existence. ... From this statement it can be deduced that God does not exist. ... Therefore, Descartes concludes that God necessarily exists. ... In doing so, he is assuming that his judgement is as perfect as the idea of God. ...
Does God Exist? ... Descartes outlines a process in order to come to the conclusion that God does necessarily exist. ... His reason for this is because God does not deceive. And lastly he says that God exists because he clearly and distinctly perceives it to be true. ... There exists an infinite amount of ways to think of God, thus we can conclude from this they are all interrelated. ...
