Three Arguments for GOD’s Existence
Good & Evil
P1: If God doesn’t exist, objective moral values don’t exist
P2: Objective moral values exist C: Therefore, God exists Evidence for P1
-God is the only source for objective moral values, because society and individuals can only provide subjective moral values (i.e., ethical relativism)
Evidence for P2
-There exists moral obligations that everyone is required to
follow whether they do or not or say they believe or not -ex.-rape, murder, torture of children are examples of some
objective moral truths Evidence of C
-objective moral values breed a sense of obligation or duty -only a person or authority can give a sense of obligation -since the obligation to objective moral values cannot come
from society or individuals, God must exist to ground this obligation
Origins of the Universe
P1: Everything that begins to exist has a cause
P2: The universe began to exist C: The universe has a cause Evidence for P1
-self-evident
-nothing comes from nothing -seems more plausible than its
denial Evidence for P2
-impossibility of an actual infinite number of past events necessitates a beginning
-Big Bang implies a beginning of the universe Implications of C
-first cause must be timeless, immaterial, super-powerful, supernatural b/c time, matter, energy, and nature was created at Big Bang
-this attributes are the very attributes of God
P1: Everything that begins to exist has a cause
P2: The universe began to exist C: The universe has a cause Evidence for P1
-self-evident
-nothing comes from nothing -seems more plausible than its
denial Evidence for P2
-impossibility of an actual infinite number of past events necessitates a beginning
-Big Bang implies a beginning of the universe Implications of C
-first cause must be timeless, immaterial, super-powerful, supernatural b/c time, matter, energy, and nature was created at Big Bang
-this attributes are the very attributes of God
Design of the Universe
P1: The fine tuning of the universe is either design or chance.
P2: It is highly improbable that it resulted from chance.
C: Thus it is highly probable that it resulted from design. Evidence for P2
-The existence of life like ours depends upon a complex and
delicate balance which must be fine tuned to such a degree that is literally incomprehensible and incalculable that it cannot be a result of chance, thus it must be design.
-Examples of fine-tuning include the expansion rate of universe, gravitational force, placement of planet to sun, placement of solar system in galaxy, strong nuclear force, oxygen level, moon-
earth gravity relation, and over a hundred others. If any one of these constants was different then life would not be possible.
P1: The fine tuning of the universe is either design or chance.
P2: It is highly improbable that it resulted from chance.
C: Thus it is highly probable that it resulted from design. Evidence for P2
-The existence of life like ours depends upon a complex and
delicate balance which must be fine tuned to such a degree that is literally incomprehensible and incalculable that it cannot be a result of chance, thus it must be design.
-Examples of fine-tuning include the expansion rate of universe, gravitational force, placement of planet to sun, placement of solar system in galaxy, strong nuclear force, oxygen level, moon-
earth gravity relation, and over a hundred others. If any one of these constants was different then life would not be possible.