What is the Ontological Proof for the existence of God?

Answer 1

Answer: Everything that is in the heavens and everything that is in the Earth is a proof. Every single thing. The way everything runs by one set of laws - complex and vast. Everything stands as a tribute to and a glorification of the Creator.

Answer

Solid proof from the Holy Quran, Holy Bible and science. These are signs of existence of God. These verses of facts were revealed in 6th century and during the period of Moses.

Al-Quran 55:19. He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together 55: 20. Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:

This had been proved by scientists after a long research of thirty years in the seas. The result is "Seas' are not mingling with one another ". This fact had been revealed 1400 years ago. This is well enough to accept the existence of God for an average thinker.

"Verily in the heavens and the earth are signs for those who believe. And in the creation of yourselves, and the fact that animals are scattered (through the earth), are signs for those of assured faith. And in the alternation of night and day, and that fact that Allah sends down sustenance from the sky, and revives therewith the earth after its death, and in the change of the winds, are signs for those who are wise" (45:3-5). Big bangWhen describing the creation of the "heavens and the earth," the Qur'an does not discount the theory of a "Big Bang" explosion at the start of it all. In fact, the Qur'an says that "the heavens and the earth were joined together as one unit, before We clove them asunder" (21:30). Following this big explosion, Allah "turned to the sky, and it had been (as) smoke. He said to it and to the earth: 'Come together, willingly or unwillingly.' They said: 'We come (together) in willing obedience'" (41:11). Thus the elements and what was to become the planets and stars began to cool, come together, and form into shape, following the natural laws that Allah established in the universe. The Qur'an further states that Allah created the sun, the moon, and the planets, each with their own individual courses or orbits. "It is He Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; all (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounded course" (21:33). Expansion of Universe The Qur'an also does not rule out the idea that the universe is continuing to expand. "The heavens, We have built them with power. And verily, We are expanding it" (51:47). There has been some historical debate among Muslim scholars about the precise meaning of this verse, since knowledge of the universe's expansion was only recently discovered. Universe created in six days

The Qur'an states that "Allah created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in six days" (7:54) while the account related in The Bible says Genesis - 1:31 - And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them."

Quran 55:5. The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed;

Answer 2

The ontological argument for the existence of God was devised by St. Anselm of Canterbury, who lived 1033-1106. By philosophical argument, he attempted to prove that the denial of the proposition "God exists" is self-contradictory. It consists of five propositions:

1. By the term 'God' is meant a being than which none greater can be conceived
2. Whether we affirm or deny the existence of God, a being than which none greater can be conceived exists in the understanding
3. It is possible to conceive of a being than which none greater can be conceived existing not only in the understanding but in reality as well; and this is greater
4. If, therefore a being than which none greater can be conceived exists only in the understanding, it is not a being than which none greater can be conceived
5. Therefore a being than which none greater can be conceived exists also in reality.

Unfortunately, for a number of reasons, it is not a sound argument. The simplest one for a person not educated in philosophy is to replace "the being (God) than which none greater can be conceived" by an island none more beautiful than which can be conceived. This island therefore exists, although in practice we know that it does not.

Answer 3

Descartes' proof for the existence of God is an elaboration of the Ontological Argument first proposed by St. Anselm, consisting of the following axioms and reasonings:

1. I exist (Axiom)
2. I have in my mind the notion of a perfect being (Axiom, partly based on 1)
3. An imperfect being, like myself, cannot think up the notion of a perfect being (Axiom)
4. Therefore the notion of a perfect being must have originated from the perfect being himself (from 2 & 3)
5. A perfect being would not be perfect if it did not exist (Axiom)
6. Therefore a perfect being must exist (from 4 & 5)

Although an elaboration of Anselm's Argument, it is even more easily dismissed as an entirely unsound argument. Only the first point in his argument is undeniably valid. The remaining points become increasingly disputable, as each in turn relies on unsound argument.

Answer 4

a) God is defined as the greatest possible being.

b) A being that exists is greater than a being that does not.

c) Therefore, if God existed only in thought but not in reality, then He would not be the greatest thing.

d) But, as already stated, God is defined as the greatest possible thing.

e) Thus, if God exists in the mind as an idea, then God necessarily exists in reality.

f) God exists in the mind as an idea.

g) Therefore, God must exist in reality.

This kind of logic, like the Cosmological argument, is much weaker than the Teleological argument, which simply states that the detailed design which we witness in the universe (especially in living things), is evidence of God's existence. For example, theoretical physicist and popular science writer Paul Davies (whose early writings were not especially sympathetic to theism) states concerning the fundamental structure of the universe, "the impression of design is overwhelming" (Davies, 1988, p. 203).

Answer 5

The ontological argument has been formulated in different ways. Here is a common example, in steps.

a) Let us define God as the greatest possible being. Nothing could be greater.

b) A being that really does exist, is greater than a being that does not necessarily exist.

c) Therefore, if God existed only in our mind but not in reality, then God would not be the greatest thing.

d) But, as already stated, God is defined as the greatest possible thing.

e) Thus, if God exists in the mind as an idea, then God necessarily exists in reality.

f) God exists in the mind as an idea.

g) Therefore, God must exist in reality.

This kind of logic, like the Cosmological argument, is much weaker than the Teleological argument, which simply states that the detailed design which we witness in the universe (especially in living things), is evidence of God's existence. For example, theoretical physicist and popular science writer Paul Davies (whose early writings were not especially sympathetic to theism) states concerning the fundamental structure of the universe, "the impression of design is overwhelming" (Davies, 1988, p. 203).

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Answer 6

The ontological argument seeks to prove that God exists by the use of logic. It begins by assuming that God is the greatest thing that exists; therefore an assumption that God exists. Any argument that relies on an assumption of its conclusion is called a circular argument is therefore fatally flawed. The argument may seek to prove that God exists but it fails.

A counter-argument has proposed that a certain hypothetical island is the most beautiful island that exists. No Island could be more beautiful. Following the ontological argument, adapted for this island, we arrive at the inevitable conclusion that this particular island must exist. Yet we know it does not.