Existence of God

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Existence of God has always been a contentious philosophical issue and therefore it has been heatedly debated since ancient times. This paper looks at theories and arguments based on causality (trace chain of effect and cause backward and one must reach a fist cause) and on ontological arguments which seek to establish the existence of God based on pure logic. The paper then examines whether these arguments and views are still valid.

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"Apart from the ontological view, there is another important view known as the cause/effect argument first given to us by Thomas Aquinas. This view revolves around the idea that if I exists than God does too because I couldn't have occurred without a possible cause. God was the cause in my case and in the case of everything else that takes place in the world, such as movement of planets, setting and rising of sun and so on. "I exist so God exists" argument has been upheld by many thinkers and philosophers over the centuries, most prominent being Benedict Spinoza, W. L. Craig and C. D. Broad."

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