Within the next few paragraphs I will look at evidence that backs up and doesn’t back up so called ‘God’s’ existence.
There are surprisingly very many arguments which support the existence of ‘God’. They even have proper names to go by, and most Christians believe in one of these arguments. I have listed them in the first introduction paragraph, but I will now begin my analysis of each one.
‘Moral and Divine Command Theory’
This argument is stating that universal moral standards obviously exist in our World already and are evidently needed for the proper functioning of society. And since objective standards of morality indeed do exist, it is therefore argued, so must ‘God’, since ‘God’ is the only possible source/creator of such standards.
Interpreted, it is basically explaining that we have rules and regulations in this World so there must have been a source for these laws and that must be ‘God’.
This is an extremely strange argument to promote. ‘We have laws/rules/regulations so ‘God’ must have created them, and now he exists.’ This is one of then worst statements in the World to commit yourself to. There is no evidence what so ever to back up this idea. People have set laws and regulations over the years to keep society in an orderly fashion. If they did not, then Earth would be the most uncivilised place out of anywhere. However, I can almost see the point that was made. I think what Aquinas was trying to state was that someone had to have created rules before because as early human beings we weren’t as intelligent as today and could not have had enough intellect as to do something like invent rules and regulations.
But that’s where they are wrong because rules were invented very early on but that’s not necessarily saying that they were the correct rules and regulations. That’s why a lot or laws have been changed or are being changed to this present day because people make decisions and rules up based upon the present time era that they are in.
‘Ontological Argument’
Ontological arguments suggest that ‘God’ is the highest when it comes down to existence. He has been born the greatest. And no one can be conceived who would ever be greater than him. So a being than which no greater can be conceived – ‘God’ – exists. ‘God’ is at the top of the hierarchy.
This is the most confusing concept but fairly understandable! ‘God’ is basically the person with the highest authority, at the top of the chain.
But, once again there is no proof that he is there or has been. No evidence!
‘Cosmological Argument’
‘The notion of ‘God’ as a “first cause” of the universe’. The creator. Modern ‘Big Bang’ cosmology has given new impetus to this notion, though, and is now cited by theists as evidence that a God created the universe.
This also suggests that there is a controller of everything.
“Everything that moves must be moved by another but the series of prior movers cannot extend infinitely, there must be a first mover (which is ‘God’)”.
This statement is, in my opinion, the easiest to understand. However there is still no evidence to any of these statements. There is no evidence that ‘God’ caused this but there is no evidence to prove that he didn’t cause it.
‘Argument For Design’
William Paley believed that everything has to have a designer. He once said, ‘everything is an intentional design of an intelligent creator’. This argument asserts that the enormous complexity found in nature can only be explained by the presence of a cosmic “designer”, i.e. ‘God’.
This is pretty true, someone must have designed us. Maybe we are just someone’s science project? However, no one knows!
Overall, I personally believe that all of these statements are wrong. And I also believe that no one will ever know whether they’re right or not.
To satisfy me, everything has to have some sort of evidence to prove it’s existence otherwise you cannot prove anything. For example, you may not be able to see the wind, but you can see it’s consequences and you can feel it on your body.
With ‘God’, you cannot see it and you can’t feel it. In fact, there’s no sense of ‘God’ what so ever. But then, there’s no evidence to prove that ‘God’ doesn’t exist. You just can’t win! I know my views, and I also believe that everyone should think up their own and keep it to them self.
