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  • Essay / Using Evidence to Establish an Argument for the Existence of God:...

    In the discussion with McCloskey about using "evidence" to establish an argument for the existence of God, I would first agree with McCloskey that we should not use "evidence" to demonstrate the existence of God. The existence of God since “evidence” cannot be 100% proof of the existence of God. But two arguments can help explain the existence of God. The first is the best explanatory approach which is the best explanation of the things we witness. Another classic argument is the cumulative case approach. In this approach, we use more than one argument to argue for the existence of God. These two approaches to the existence of God are easier to understand than the simple “proof” argument. We must also understand the defeats of arguments and also that the God of the Bible is not the center of attention. God has minimalist qualities such as He created the universe, He is intelligent beyond our knowledge, He is morally perfect and He is also a personal being. When discussing cosmological arguments, McCloskey stated that just because the universe exists does not make it right. believe in God. I would first like to identify the objections raised during the discussion of the existence of the universe and the relationship to God found in the book Philosophy of Religion by C. Stephen Evans and R. Zachary Manis. Some believe that the universe has always existed without a starting point, my answer would be that the universe could have always existed and God could have always existed too. Another argument is that if God made everything rather than whoever created God, everything is a contingent being that has a cause for why it exists, but God is not a contingent being and therefore does not have need to be created to exist. We must then realize that n...... middle of paper ...... to have a happy life we ​​must have three things; meaning, value and purpose. I agree with this statement and wonder how an atheist can find these three if they don't believe in a higher power. An atheist cannot fully understand the meaning of his life, unless he is born and then dies, nor the value of his life, nor the purpose he has on earth. As a Christian, I find more joy and comfort in knowing that my life has these three elements of meaning, value and purpose rather than believing that I am just here to be born, live and die with no explanation as to the reasons why I am. here.Works CitedCraig, William Lane. (2008). Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics (3rd ed.). Wheaton IL: Crossway Brooks. 71-90. Evans, Stephen and Mains, Zachary. (2009). Philosophy of religion: thinking about faith (2nd ed.). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.