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The Existence of God

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As God's existence cannot be proven through empirical evidence (i.e. through our senses, or by scientific testing), some philosophers have attempted to prove the existence of God through rational argument alone. Below are some of these arguments.

The Cosmological
(or 'First Cause') Argument

The Teleological
(or 'Design') Argument

The Ontological Argument

The Moral Argument

The Argument from Religious Experience

The Miracle Argument

Evaluation

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Video (from TrueTube)
Proving God's Existence 

Other arguments for and against the existence of God

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Videos (from the Crash Course YouTube channel)

Aquinas and the Cosmological Arguments

Intelligent Design (Design Argument)

Anselm and the Argument for God

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moral_argument__slide_show_.pdf
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argument_from_religious_experiences.pdf
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Sources
Dillwyn Hunt, Introducing Philosophy of Religion (Nelson Thornes)
Fleming, Jordan, Smith and Worden, Religious Philosophy and Ultimate Questions (Nelson Thornes)
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