Arguments for the existence of God

Philosophical Arguments for the Existence of God

The Cosmological Argument:

All caused being depends for its existence on some uncaused being.
The cosmos is a caused being.

Therefore, the cosmos depends for its existence on some uncaused being.
This being we call God.

The Teleological Argument

Watches, houses, ships, machines, etc. all exhibit design, and they are planned and produced by intelligent beings.
The universe exhibits design.

Therefore, the universe was planned and produced by an intelligent being.
This being we call God.

The Ontological Argument:

God is the greatest or most perfect being.
A being who exists is greater or more perfect than a being who does not exist.

Therefore, God must exist.

The Moral Argument:

If there is an absolute moral law, then there must be an absolute moral mind as its basis.
There is an absolute moral law.


Therefore, there must be an absolute mind as the basis of the moral law.

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