God's Existence

Question 1

What is Anselm’s definition of God’s existence?

Answer 1

the greatest conceivable being or being greater than which cannot be conceived

Question 1

What does the Kalam Cosmological argument assume about the universe?

Answer 1

that it had a beginning

Question 2

What are 2 reasons Craig gives for thinking that the universe must have had a beginning?

Answer 2

Big Bang Theory and actual infinites are impossible

Question 3

What is William Rowe’s evidential argument from evil?

Answer 3

1. gratuitous evil exists
2. a 3-0 God wouldn’t allow gratuitous evil to exist
3. therefore, there’s no 3-0 God

Question 4

What is Anselm’s argument for God’s existence?

Answer 4

1. God = greatest conceivable being
2. the atheist has the concept of God
3. existence in reality is greater than existence in the mind alone
4. the atheist assumes that God exists in the mind but not in reality
5. this means that the atheist can conceive of something greater than the greatest conceivable being, a contradiction!
6. Therefore, God exists