In both the Third and Fourth meditation there were two proofs that were created. They are called the Cosmological and Ontological proof which proves that God exists. These proofs were devised through Descartes thought-experiment. The Cosmological proof was made through Descartes goal to show that he is not alone in the world or to find “a certain substance that is infinite” (Meditation Three Line 45) and draws in three important ideas that make up this proof. The first is that he has an idea of
tried to explain and or prove why God does not exist. He used majority if not all of his article presenting the idea of atheism being a viewpoint that should be adopted by all. McCloskey put on trial that arguments of design, Cosmological and Teleological arguments as being questionable and invalid arguments. McCloskey claims that the “mere existence of the world constitutes no reason for believing in such a being” (McCloskey 63). This concept can very well be defended as God being a necessary force
The Euthyphro Dilemma, is an argument that is named after Plato’s dialogues. This dilemma exists for anyone who holds certain basic tenets about what God is. God may be defined as omnipotent, omniscience, omnibenevolent and all perfect. Depending on what many people choose to see him as, eventually, one runs afoul at least one of these basic tenets. This dilemma states: Is the pious loved by the Gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the Gods? St. Aquinas, St. Anselm, and
God does not create everything to be perfect. If we would be perfect without sins, flaws, and problems, then there would be no God, then we would be totally equal as God, and there would be no one higher and lower than us. There would be sinners, atheist, offenders in His own creation because simply He gave us free will. God allows evil to exist because of the free will. Humans are given their God-given freedom which is the free will; it is the power to make a decision of one individual instead of