Who Realy Knows What Is True and What Is Not

There are many different types of arguments that try to explain the existence of God. The three that will be discussed in this paper are as follows: teleological, moral, and ontological. The moral argument appeals to the existence of moral laws as evidence of God's existence. Teleological arguments are arguments from the order in the universe to the existence of God. They are also known as arguments from design. The ontological argument examines the concept of God, and states that if we can conceive of the greatest possible being, then it must exist.

The teleological argument links the existence of God to design of the world and things within the world. One of the most cited statement of the argument is the one William Paley proposed. Paley likened the universe to a watch, with many ordered parts working in harmony to further some purpose. Just as the complexity, order, and purpose of a watch implies intelligent design, he suggested, so too the complexity, order, and purpose of the universe implies intelligent design.

Paley's argument implies many things but the most important thing of his argument is the fact that his analogy to the watch implies that there is a greater existence. The existence of God, he implies that because if there is a designer for everything else in the world then there must be a designer for the entire world, that in which would be God himself.

Alfred Edward Taylor explains that the moral law holds at all times and everywhere, whereas the human mind is limited in its comprehension. Only a sovereign God could properly detect infringements of the moral law and apply sanctions. If the moral argument can be defended against the various arguments that have been raised against it, then it proves the existence of a more pure being of morality, of a being that has authority over everything even creation, that pure being, being God.

We now come to our last argument to be discussed in this paper, the ontological argument. One in which was proposed by Anselm of Canterbury. Being concerned with the nature of being. He distinguished necessary beings from contingent beings. He believed that a greatest possible Being must exist, that in which would be God. He argued that God is the greatest of all beings, believing that it is greater to exist in reality. Therefore coming to a conclusion that God must exist within the real world, and not in just an understanding.