Although contemporary theists, such as American philosopher William Lane Craig, maintain that a first cause is necessary to explain the big bang, critics contend that recent scientific theories indicate that the universe could have arisen spontaneously. The Teleological Argument According to the teleological argument for the existence of God?also known as the argument from design?the universe is like a machine...
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The best-known supporter of this view is 18th-century theologian William Paley. According to this theory, because machines are created by intelligent beings, and because the universe may be thought of as a single, highly complex machine, it is likely that the universe was created by a great intelligence, understood to be God...
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ontological argument So this bring us to the point if any thing can perfect exist, the existence of God will be questioned because there is no such thing that can be perfect being conceived...	2 / 356
Anselm’s Ontological Argument In short, when a painter first conceives of what it is he wants to accomplish, he has it in his understanding but does not yet understand it to exist. He doesn’t understand it to exist because he has yet to construct his painting...	4 / 1064
Anselms Ontological Argument He asserts that nothing greater can be conceived that is not God and that if a mind could conceive of a being better than God, that creature would rise above God...	3 / 637
Philosopy yes? This is a reduction of Anselm's position: it shows it to have absurd consequences. However, it is not clear that there is a coherent concept of the perfect island to start with: how many palm trees is the perfect number? Anselm's own reply seems to distinguish the perfect island ? which is a perfect example of one kind of thing ? from the perfect being ? which is a perfect example of a thing, with no restriction to kind...	4 / 915