arguments for the existence of god
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Arguments for the Existence of God
Arguments for the Existence of God
• Argument from Design
Where there is design, there is a designer.
Design can be seen in the universe.
Therefore, the universe must have a designer (i.e. God).
Still not convinced?
• The Anthropic Principle may help.
The Skeptic by Robert Hall
Arguments for the Existence of God
• The First Cause Argument
Everything that begins to exist
has a cause.
The universe began to exist.
Therefore the universe has a
cause (i.e. God).
Principle of Sufficient Reason
• Everything that is has some adequate or sufficient reason why it is.
The Argument from Conscience
• We all feel an absolute moral obligation to follow our conscience
• The only possible source for absolute moral obligation is God
• Therefore God exists
Arguments for the Existence of God
• Argument from the Divinity of ChristChrist was either God or a bad man.
Virtually no one believes Christ was a bad man
Therefore Christ is God.
Jesus was either Lord
…or a liar
Christ was either a good man…
…or a Lunatic
Arguments for the Existence of God
• Pascal’s Wager