Does God Exist? ; Philosophical Positions on God’s Existence

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I. INTRODUCTION
Who am I? What am I? Where did the world come from? These questions about existence just keep lingering in the mind of an intellect, a thinker who has the courage to demand for an answer that would satisfy his wonder. But how is it to exist? Who then give the gift of existence? As man has started to question, he has just given a proof as a statement of ignorance. That man has the capacity to inquiry.
This paper will try to discuss the three Philosophical Positions on the Existence of God namely, the Theism, Agnosticism, and Atheism. Why do they believe? Why don’t they believe? How do they believe? What made them believe? Who helped them believe? These are just some of the questions that this paper will try to give answers and supply both believers and non-believers the enough indication that whatever their position may be, the responsibility in their hands of whatever reason they have must be valid and intellectual.

II. DISCUSSION
There are three philosophical positions that argue on the existence of God, whether He really exist or not; the Theism, Atheism and Agnosticism.
A. Theism
Theism is the belief in the existence God. Theistic are people who affirm the existence of God. This is divided into two. The first is A Priori. These are arguments that are held before sensory experience. Under the A Priori concept, are the Ontological and Moral Argument. St. Anselm is a one of the known proponents in the Ontological Argument. He once said, “Believe in order to understand.” He explains that faith and belief play a very vital role in affirming the existence of God. He claims God is the greatest thinkable being both in mind and reality. The second division of Theism is A Posteriori. These are arguments that are held af...

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... God and how He is related to us – how powerful He is to make everything in this world works; how He made everything almost perfect for us. I have also learned that believing He exist, makes me understand more about His existence, just like what St. Anselm said. I believe that believing He exists, is what makes Him exist. For me, Yes, God really exist.
But having the capacity to inquiry about His existence, it also gave me more knowledge about people who do not believe. I can understand now that people who does not believe, has enough reasons not too. We, people, are given our free will, to have our own choices, whether to believe in God or not. That’s why I now understand that it is not a sin if one does not believe in God. This paper has given me enough knowledge to understand the importance of knowing the different philosophical positions on the existence of God.

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