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<<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God is said to be one <bb>>ofb>bb>> the latter.
The problem <bb>>ofb>bb>> evil (or theodicy) in general, and the logical and evidential arguments from evil in particular contest the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> a god who is both omnipotent and omnibenevolent by arguing that such a god would not permit the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> perceivable evil or suffering, which can easily be shown to exist.
In other words, they attempt to prove the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God by means <bb>>ofb>bb>> appeal to the alleged transcendental necessity <bb>>ofb>bb>> the belief-- indirectly (by appeal to the allegedly unavowed presuppositions <bb>>ofb>bb>> the non-believer's worldview) rather than directly (by appeal to some form <bb>>ofb>bb>> common factuality).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existence_of_God (4228 words)



Arguments for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

Three cosmological arguments are commonly relied on by theists to verify the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> god: the first-cause argument, the contingency argument, and the entropy argument.
If the theist is to use ignorance <bb>>ofb>bb>> the root cause <bb>>ofb>bb>> a natural phenomena as an argument for god's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>, then he must also grant ignorance <bb>>ofb>bb>> the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> god.
The assumption <bb>>ofb>bb>> a concept <bb>>ofb>bb>> cosmic justice is as controversial as is the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> a god.

http://home.inu.net/skeptic/god.html (6961 words)



CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

This argument undertakes to deduce the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God from the idea <bb>>ofb>bb>> Him as the Infinite which is present to the human mind; but as already stated, theistic philosophers are not agreed as to the logical validity <bb>>ofb>bb>> this deduction.
For the wrath <bb>>ofb>bb>> God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice <bb>>ofb>bb>> those men that detain the truth <bb>>ofb>bb>> God in injustice: because that which is known <bb>>ofb>bb>> God is manifest in them.
Rational theism is a necessary logical basis for revealed religion; and that the natural knowledge <bb>>ofb>bb>> God and natural religion, which Catholic teaching holds to be possible, are not necessarily the result <bb>>ofb>bb>> grace, i.e.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm (4632 words)



<<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

On The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God by Timothy Dwight
The Thomistic Cosmological Argument ~ For The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God ~
I Believe in God - The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God is Axiomatic

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rossuk/existenc.htm (1708 words)



Arguments for and against the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

The polytheistic conceptions <bb>>ofb>bb>> God were criticized and derided by the monotheistic religions.
Since the Gods <bb>>ofb>bb>> various religions differ widely in their characteristics, only one <bb>>ofb>bb>> these religions, or none, can be right about God.
Because God allows pain, disease and natural disasters to exist, he cannot be all-powerful and also loving and good in the human sense <bb>>ofb>bb>> these words.

http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/GODEXIST.html (922 words)



Arguments for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

Apologists rely on a variety <bb>>ofb>bb>> arguments to substantiate the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> a God, or to support the claims <bb>>ofb>bb>> divinity by a particular denomination's founder(s) or for its sacred texts.
The occurrence <bb>>ofb>bb>> miracles is frequently purported to be evidence <bb>>ofb>bb>> the supernatural, and therefore <bb>>ofb>bb>> the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> a God.
Arguments for atheism or the nonexistence <bb>>ofb>bb>> a God can be found in the Arguments for Atheism section.

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theism/arguments.html (530 words)



<<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God - God Exists - God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>

<<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God - God Exists - God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>
It simply places the question <bb>>ofb>bb>> God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> in the same category as other questions such as that <bb>>ofb>bb>> the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> the external, mind-independent world and the question <bb>>ofb>bb>> how we know other people have minds.
So the fact that arguments for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God do not produce mathematical certainty does not by itself weaken the case for God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>.

http://www.everystudent.com/wires/prove.html (602 words)



Apologetics

I personally have never found an unbeliever who has claimed to have examined all possible arguments for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God, nor have I found one who could give an apriori reason why it is impossible to prove that God exists.
But, since we find few people who reject the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God, who are chewing on steak knives, we must assume that either they have not examined this argument, or they are selectively rejecting the argument despite its validity, and soundness.
Jeff presented an inductive, historical argument for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God, and I presented a deductive argument for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God.

http://home.earthlink.net/~gbl111/cosmos.htm (6169 words)



Does God Exist?

Even if some or all <bb>>ofb>bb>> the arguments for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God were judged to be plausible, if there were also convincing arguments against the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God then this would be reason to question whether those arguments for Gods <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> really are as successful as they seem to be.
Simple explanations <bb>>ofb>bb>> common arguments for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God and the deity <bb>>ofb>bb>> Jesus.
In addition to the philosophical arguments for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God, <bb>>ofb>bb>> course, there are also the historical arguments, which might offer a more straightforward way <bb>>ofb>bb>> confirming or disconfirming specific religions.

http://www.existence-of-god.com (1493 words)



The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>Ofb>bb>> God

The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> a God is the first dogma <bb>>ofb>bb>> the Theophilanthropists.
God is the power <bb>>ofb>bb>> first cause, nature is the law, and matter is the subject acted upon.
It has been well observed, at the first institution <bb>>ofb>bb>> this Society, that the dogmas it professes to believe are from the commencement <bb>>ofb>bb>> the world; that they are not novelties, but are confessedly the basis <bb>>ofb>bb>> all systems <bb>>ofb>bb>> religion, however numerous and contradictory they may be.

http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/thomas_paine/existence_of_god.html (2949 words)



Does God Exist - Six Reasons to Believe that God is Really There - <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God - Proof <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

When it comes to the possibility <bb>>ofb>bb>> God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>, the Bible says that there are people who have seen sufficient evidence, but they have suppressed the truth about God.
The Bible describes God as the author and sustainer <bb>>ofb>bb>> life.
After about a year <bb>>ofb>bb>> persistent questioning, she responded to God's offer to come into her life and has found faith in Him to be constantly substantiated and greatly rewarding.

http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html (2877 words)



Does God Exist?

<bb>>Ofb>bb>> all the lessons that I present concerning the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God and <bb>>ofb>bb>> all the material that I try to make available to people to learn about God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>, the present lesson, "Why I Left Atheism," is the lesson in the series that I frankly do not like to present.
I believe any question that man can ask has a reasonable answer-at least an answer that is as consistent with God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> as it is in opposition to God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>.
A Help in Understanding What God Is To help the reader comprehend the nature <bb>>ofb>bb>> God, I would like to borrow an analogy from the book Flatland by Edwin Abbott.* Abbott was a mathematician and the model is geometric in nature.

http://www.doesgodexist.org (1142 words)



<<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

<<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> without limit, the very to be which is the source <bb>>ofb>bb>> all existing things, is the metaphysical name <bb>>ofb>bb>> God.
Another was to confuse on the practical level knowledge by faith with a metaphysical knowledge <bb>>ofb>bb>> God.
A metaphysical knowledge <bb>>ofb>bb>> God does not, by itself, bring us into a living contact with the God <bb>>ofb>bb>> faith.

http://www.innerexplorations.com/philtext/ex.htm (668 words)



Medieval Sourcebook: Anselm: On the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

Medieval Sourcebook: Anselm: On the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God
In his other major work, the Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man), he offers an explanation for the Christ's incarnation and crucifixion which essentially argues that God had to do it that way because it was the only logical course he could follow, given the divine attributes <bb>>ofb>bb>> omnipotence and justice.
For no one who denies or doubts the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> "a being greater than which cannot be thought <bb>>ofb>bb>>" denies or doubts that, if it did exist, it would be impossible for it not to exist either in reality or in the mind.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/anselm.html (4855 words)



Philosophy and the proof <bb>>ofb>bb>> God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> by Roger Jones

There are many traditional "proofs" for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God, and we will look at three <bb>>ofb>bb>> them: The argument from design, the ontological argument and the cosmological argument.
The effect was unintended because the project <bb>>ofb>bb>> many Enlightenment philosophers was to prove the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God using reason: Descartes and Leibniz assumed that God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> could be rationally proved, indeed God was a necessary part <bb>>ofb>bb>> their philosophy.
Hegel thought that the God <bb>>ofb>bb>> religion was an intuition <bb>>ofb>bb>> Absolute Spirit or Geist.

http://www.philosopher.org.uk/god.htm (1189 words)



Reading: The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

It is within the context <bb>>ofb>bb>> the intuition <bb>>ofb>bb>> being that the question <bb>>ofb>bb>> the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God must be placed.
Thomas gives his five ways leading to the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God, and Maritain adds a sixth, and there are others, but they must share the common essential ingredient <bb>>ofb>bb>> an intuition <bb>>ofb>bb>> being which vivifies them.
Back to God, Zen and the Intuition <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

http://www.innerexplorations.com/philtext/r2.htm (537 words)



SUMMA THEOLOGICA: Does God exist?

I answer that, The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God can be proved in five ways.
It seems that God does not exist; because if one <bb>>ofb>bb>> two contraries be infinite, the other would be altogether destroyed.
Therefore we cannot but postulate the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> some being having <bb>>ofb>bb>> itself its own necessity, and not receiving it from another, but rather causing in others their necessity.

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/100203.htm (1181 words)



Design Arguments for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God [Internet Encyclopedia <bb>>ofb>bb>> Philosophy]

But since it is the very <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> such a being that is at issue in the debates about God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>, design arguments appear unable to stand by themselves as arguments for God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>.
What proponents <bb>>ofb>bb>> design arguments for God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>, however, have not noticed is that each one <bb>>ofb>bb>> these indubitably legitimate uses occurs in a context in which we are already justified in thinking that intelligent beings with the right motivations and abilities exist.
Indeed, to the extent that we are antecedently justified in believing that God exists, it is obviously more reasonable to believe that God deliberately structured the universe to have the fine-tuned properties than it is to believe that somehow this occurred by chance.

http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/design.htm (8076 words)



Medieval Sourcebook: Aquinas: Proof <bb>>ofb>bb>> the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

It is possible to demonstrate God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>, atthough not a priori (by pure reason), yet a posteriori from some work <bb>>ofb>bb>> His more surely known to us.
Again, (2) that the subject matter <bb>>ofb>bb>> demonstration is that something exists, but in the case <bb>>ofb>bb>> God we cannot know what exists, but only what does not, as Damascenus says (<bb>>Ofb>bb>> the Orthodox Faith, I., 4.) Hence that we cannot demonstrate God's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>.
It is objected (1) that God does not exist, because if one <bb>>ofb>bb>> two contradictory things is infinite, the other will be totally destroyed; that it is implied in the name God that there is a certain infinite goodness: if then God existed, no evil would be found.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/aquinas3.html (1940 words)



Amazon.com: The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God: Books: John Hick

The first argument for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> the monotheist god is the ontological one, by Saint Anselm.
Braithwaite concedes this argument, but explains that religious statements have ethical significance, while John Hick asserts that the claim <bb>>ofb>bb>> god's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> is <bb>>ofb>bb>> a factual nature.
And by Divinity, I mean study <bb>>ofb>bb>> the monotheistic god.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0020854501?v=glance (923 words)



<<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God is said to be one <bb>>ofb>bb>> the latter.
Weak atheism is the position that God or gods do not exist, but this cannot be proven; or an absence <bb>>ofb>bb>> belief in God or gods because their <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> can not be proven.
Arguments for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God from the Christian Cadre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arguments_against_the_existence_of_God (3897 words)



Over Three Hundred Proofs <bb>>ofb>bb>> Gods <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>

(2) The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God is thus a necessary condition for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> America.
(1) The Christian God is different than the gods <bb>>ofb>bb>> other religions.
Oh God help me to be strong and steadfast against temptation 'til I die so that You God will not in Your infinite mercy, send me to Hell.

http://www.godlessgeeks.com/LINKS/GodProof.htm (8277 words)



BIGpedia - God - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online

Many Jews consider the messiah <bb>>ofb>bb>> Christianity (Jesus) to be a false god and some monotheists (notably fundamentalist Christians) hold that there is one triune God, and that all gods <bb>>ofb>bb>> other religions are actually demons in disguise (as in 2nd Corinthians 11 verse 14).
God is usually held to have the properties <bb>>ofb>bb>> holiness (separate from sin and incorruptible), justness (fair, right, and true in all His judgements), sovereignty (unthwartable in His will), omnipotence (all-powerful), omniscience (all-knowing), omnibenevolence (all-loving), and omnipresence (all-present).
For instance, many Christian fundamentalists consider the God <bb>>ofb>bb>> Islam (Allah) to be a false god or demon (although theologians and linguists argue that "Allah" is merely the Arabic word for "God," and not the literal name <bb>>ofb>bb>> a specifically Muslim god).

http://www.bigpedia.com/encyclopedia/God (8277 words)



Is There Scientific Evidence for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God? How the Recent Discoveries Support a Designed Universe

Is There Scientific Evidence for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God?
I must conclude that it takes a great deal more faith to believe in an accidental universe than to believe in an intelligent creator, or God who crafted such a marvelous universe and beautiful place <bb>>ofb>bb>> habitation in planet Earth, and then created life (including human beings) to occupy it.
Kepler declared: "The chief aim <bb>>ofb>bb>> all investigations <bb>>ofb>bb>> the external world should be to discover the rational order and harmony which has been imposed on it by God and which He revealed to us in the language <bb>>ofb>bb>> mathematics."{3}

http://www.leaderu.com/real/ri9403/evidence.html (9933 words)



Arguments for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

Three cosmological arguments are commonly relied on by theists to verify the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> god: the first-cause argument, the contingency argument, and the entropy argument.
If the theist is to use ignorance <bb>>ofb>bb>> the root cause <bb>>ofb>bb>> a natural phenomena as an argument for god's <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>>, then he must also grant ignorance <bb>>ofb>bb>> the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> god.
The assumption <bb>>ofb>bb>> a concept <bb>>ofb>bb>> cosmic justice is as controversial as is the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> a god.

http://home.inu.net/skeptic/god.html (6961 words)



Medieval Sourcebook: Anselm: On the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

Medieval Sourcebook: Anselm: On the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God
You exist so undoubtedly, my Lord God, that you cannot even be thought <bb>>ofb>bb>> as not existing.
God had to redeem humankind or else the eternal purposes for this it had been created would have been thwarted and God's omnipotence would have been compromised; yet humankind also had to be punished for the fall or else God's justice would have been compromised.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/anselm.html (4855 words)



Arguments for the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

Arguments for atheism or the nonexistence <bb>>ofb>bb>> a God can be found in the Arguments for Atheism section.
Apologists rely on a variety <bb>>ofb>bb>> arguments to substantiate the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> a God, or to support the claims <bb>>ofb>bb>> divinity by a particular denomination's founder(s) or for its sacred texts.
The occurrence <bb>>ofb>bb>> miracles is frequently purported to be evidence <bb>>ofb>bb>> the supernatural, and therefore <bb>>ofb>bb>> the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> a God.

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theism/arguments.html (530 words)



<<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

On The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God by Timothy Dwight
The Thomistic Cosmological Argument ~ For The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God ~
I Believe in God - The <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God is Axiomatic

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rossuk/existenc.htm (1708 words)



Defending the Faith: Lesson 3

The Buddha did not teach the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> a deity, but the Buddha’s followers over the centuries converted Gautama Buddha himself into a god, and he is still revered as such by millions <bb>>ofb>bb>> Buddhists today.
The wrath <bb>>ofb>bb>> God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness <bb>>ofb>bb>> men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
The God <bb>>ofb>bb>> the Bible, a holy Judge who damns sinners, a consuming fire, an infinitely powerful being who commands all people to repent and humble themselves before him, is hardly the type <bb>>ofb>bb>> god that people would willingly invent.

http://christianstudy.homestead.com/files/classes/defending_the_faith/lesson3.htm (2356 words)



CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: <<bb>>bb>bb>>>Existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God

This argument undertakes to deduce the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> God from the idea <bb>>ofb>bb>> Him as the Infinite which is present to the human mind; but as already stated, theistic philosophers are not agreed as to the logical validity <bb>>ofb>bb>> this deduction.
For the wrath <bb>>ofb>bb>> God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice <bb>>ofb>bb>> those men that detain the truth <bb>>ofb>bb>> God in injustice: because that which is known <bb>>ofb>bb>> God is manifest in them.
Substantially the same arguments as are used today were employed by old-time sceptical Atheists in the effort to overthrow man's belief in the <<bb>>bb>bb>>>existenceb>bb>>bb>bb>>> <bb>>ofb>bb>> the Divine, and the fact that this belief has withstood repeated assaults during so many ages in the past is the best guarantee <bb>>ofb>bb>> its permanency in the future.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608b.htm (4632 words)

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