(Adapted from a forum on the Internet Infidels.) * TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENT (1) If reason exists then God exists. (2) Reason exists. (3) Therefore, God exists. * COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (1) If I say something must have a cause, it has a cause. (2) I say...
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(Adapted from a forum on the Internet Infidels.) * TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENT (1) If reason exists then God exists. (2) Reason exists. (3) Therefore, God exists. * COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (1) If I say something must have a cause, it has a cause. (2) I say the universe must have a cause. (3) Therefore, the universe has a cause. (4) Therefore, God exists. * ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (I) (1) I define God to be X. (2) Since I can conceive of X, X must exist. (3) Therefore, God exists. * ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (II) (1) I can conceive of a perfect God. (2) One of the qualities of perfection is existence. (3) Therefore, God exists. * MODAL ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (1) God is either necessary or unnecessary. (2) God is not unnecessary, therefore God must be necessary. (3) Therefore, God exists. * TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (I) (1) Check out the world/universe/giraffe. Isn't it complex? (2) Only God could have made them so complex. (3) Therefore, God exists. * ARGUMENT FROM BEAUTY, aka TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (II)... See less
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(4) Therefore, God exists. * ARGUMENT FROM QUENTIN SMITH (1) Quentin Smith says that God does not exist. (2) But God does exist. (3) Therefore, Quentin Smith cannot be accepted as an expert on the matter, because he is wrong. (4) Therefore, God exists. * ARGUMENT FROM EVIL SPIRITS (1) I've...