Using Inductive and Deductive arguments, is it possible to prove the existence of God?

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Using Inductive and Deductive arguments, is it possible to prove the existence of God?

        Many philosophers have attempted to prove the existence of God, although there is no argument as yet which proves without any doubt that God exists. A proof is the demonstration that something is true or, in this case, that God exists. There are 3 types of proof; direct, deductive, and inductive. A direct proof is when something is immediately obvious, so therefore, it cannot be used to prove God’s existence. However, Inductive and Deductive Arguments could be used to prove the existence of God.

An Inductive argument is a posteriori (based on experience) which is logic involving reasoning from effect to cause. Inductive arguments attempt to create and support a general conclusion based on some evidence (either physical or based on experience), without making it absolutely certain. The arguments cannot produce proofs that completely remove an element of doubt from the conclusion, so the conclusion does not follow the premises and therefore, certainty can no longer apply - Probability is used instead. Analogy can be used as a proof, e.g. Paley’s watch in the Design Argument. Using Inductive arguments, it is possible to prove things, although the induction never leads to certainty.

        Many philosophers have attempted to prove the existence of God using Inductive Arguments. One example is the Cosmological Argument, which uses the idea of Motion and Cause. Thomas Aquinas stated ‘everything that happens has a cause’ and believed that the existence of the Universe stands in need of explanation, and the only adequate explanation of its existence is that it was created by God. The argument is set out like so:

  1. Everything that exists has a cause of its existence.
  2. The universe exists.
    Therefore:
  3. The universe has a cause of its existence.
  4. If the universe has a cause of its existence, then that cause is God.
    Therefore:
  5. God exists.
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It has been argued that this argument does not lead to the idea of God, but that it suggests that motion requires an explanation, E.g. Big Bang Theory.

        The Teleological Argument, or Design Argument attempts to prove the existence of God by way of the nature, beauty and order of the world. To say the world is ‘ordered’ is to mean that it is ordered towards some end or purpose. The suggestion is that it is more plausible to suppose that the universe is so because it was created by an intelligent being in order to accomplish ...

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