The Cosmological Argument For The Existence Of God

The existence of God and whether or not God intervenes is a highly debated subject. Three worldviews on the epistemology of God that are considered to have logical and valid arguments are: theism, deism, and agnosticism. Theism and deism both involve a belief that God exists, however theists will argue that God is personal or intervenes in our lives whereas deists would disagree. Agnostics hold the view that we cannot be sure that God exists. Of these, theism may be the most probable worldview.

One action that is often attributed to God is the creation of the universe. Due to the complexity of the universe’s design and how it came into existence, it can be suggested that it was created by a timeless and/or immaterial, rational being (i.e. God). Among academics, this is often known as the teleological argument and cosmological argument. This is demonstrated in the debate between and William Lane Craig and Antony Flew, in 1998. Craig demonstrates the self-contradiction of the infinite possibilities of the past; rather there are finite events and the universe (something) likely came from nothing. As such, it is likely that the cause of the universe exists, and is God. Craig discusses the order and

If it is possible that God may not exist, as agnosticism suggests, it can be difficult to agree on epistemology as Dr. Phil Fernandes suggested in his video on the existence of God. He asserts that our ability to reason and hold moral responsibility depends upon God. Moral truths are generally considered to exist as objective moral values, rather than subjective morals which could insinuate that anything is morally permissible. Additionally, Fernandes suggests morals cannot come solely from biological processes as that too would make “immoral” acts such as murder permissible. Any distinction between right and wrong as absolute may suggest there is something beyond the chemical and physical; a