Essay On Existence Of God

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“The Existence of God” People all over the world have different religions that believe in there is an almighty being. This means that they believe and worship the almighty being. However, there are people who have questioned whether such a being exists. The question has raised several arguments from different philosophers. Each of them came up with their different views about the controversy surrounding the question. God’s ‘existence’ is one of the widely discussed topics over the years. The question came to place due to some occurrences in society. Similarly, different scientific innovations have contributed to the continued debate on the question. God is believed to be ‘all-powerful’ because there is nothing that he cannot do. This means that he is able to perform anything that is beyond human capability. Such beliefs have raised several questions because they are not in line with science or logic in different ways. God’s existence contradicts with humanity, logic, and science. We were born worshiping almighty power and living up to its approval. It is an unquestioned belief that society, family, and the world has instilled in our system. This means that the society that we live in instills in us the belief of the existence of a supreme being. For a long time, people have had no choice but to believe without raising any questions. It started with polytheism where people believed the presence of several powerful beings (Pasquini 88). Later on, someone came up with the idea of the existence of only one God and the rest were disregarded. That was the beginning of religion and the belief of existence of a superior being compared to others. People started to worship the almighty power and show absolute obedience to it. This means t... ... middle of paper ... ...lways act according to their wish. In regard to this argument, it is clear that god cannot control human action. This is because if he could, he would have stopped them from committing evil. Therefore, it is absurd that despite being omnipotent god created beings that he cannot control (Perry 34). According to belief, it cannot be realistic because god has power over everything in the world. However, using the theory of free will, god cannot control human actions. This contradicts the belief that god has total control over everything. Therefore, it disregards god’s powerful nature. Drawing from the arguments, it is clear that god’s existence is not in line with humanity, logic, or science. This is because logic tends to disregard the arguments that are stipulated in religion. Similarly, science disapproves religious arguments on the existence of god.

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