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Philosophy Paper: Existence of Evil and Existence of God

Philosophy Paper: Existence of Evil and Existence of God

Introduction

The existence of God has been the subject of arguments for and against proposed by different philosophers and theologians. The debate about evolution and God could be one way where we could see both sides of the arguments (Angeles 1976). Creationists think, `If God exists then evolutionary theory must be false. Of course God exists. Therefore, evolutionary theory must be false.' A certain kind of atheist thinks, `If evolutionary theory is true, there can't be a God. Evolutionary theory is true. Therefore, there is no God.' In this paper, I critically explore if atheists are successful in showing that the existence of evil is incompatible with the existence of God.

Discussion

Atheism is characterized by belief in the sufficiency of the natural world (nature) and in human (not supernatural) origin of all religions, including the religions of revelation. Many of those who consider themselves atheists are skeptical of all supernatural beings, phenomena and forces, pointing to the lack of empirical evidence of their existence (Mackie 1982). Atheism is often understood as denying the existence of the supernatural in general - gods, ghosts and other immaterial beings and forces, the afterlife, and so on. Rationalistic agnosticism of Kant and the

Enlightenment only accepts knowledge gained with the help of human rationality (Pojman 2002). We claim that the gods are not detectable in principle, therefore, impossible to know that they exist. skepticism, based on the ideas of Hume , asserts that nothing is impossible to know for sure, and therefore, it is impossible to find out that God exists. The attitude of agnosticism to atheism is disputed; agnosticism can be considered as a separate view of the world.

Arguments for the existence of God

The cosmological argument maintains that there was a "first cause" or "engine" of all that exists, which is identified as God. Similar to the above, the argument of Aristotle is the first unmoved mover. This is because all mobile things move on a cause. A motor must be driven by another motor or source of energy, so that the moving chain of a first motor need not be moved in turn by another. On this first unmoved mover, Aristotle tell you to be act pure, so pure, as if it were not in action would be impossible for you to be a driver for something. The central book where Aristotle speaks of it is Metaphysics XII. Thus, the first motor serves as the ultimate order of Aristotelian cosmology. He moves directly to the stars of the first heaven, they try to imitate walking around in a circle (Mackie 1982).

The circle meets the most perfect act according to the Greek ideology, it has no beginning or end, and it is continuous. The teleological argument maintains that the order of the universe and its complexity are best explained by reference to a Creator God (a story similar to creationism or intelligent design against Darwinian ...