Thu 19 Oct 2006
Is there reasonable evidence that God exists? If not, frankly there's no reason to believe it!
Peter Kreeft, a philosophy professor who is also an excellent and engaging writer, has compiled a list of 20 reasons to believe God exists:
Twenty Arguments For The Existence Of God
This list is actually copied verbatim from one of his books. Note that these arguments are "religion neutral", that is, though Kreeft is Christian he is not arguing for the Christian God per se, just that God (of some nature) exists. Naturally, some arguments are stronger than others (in particular #17 is intended, I think, at least partially tongue-in-cheek) but some of those that I find particularly strong are:
- #5 The Design Argument
- #14 The Moral Argument (I have written previously on a similar topic.)
- #4 The Argument from Degrees of Perfection
- and of course #6 The Kalam / Cosmological Argument (I have also previously written an article discussing the cosmological argument which includes links to more information)
Being a former atheist, I decided to investigate the evidence for myself for the first time. Are you willing to honestly take a first step, an unsure but hopeful step of 'faith' today and do the same? After all you've got nothing to lose. I did just that, and eventually concluded could no longer hold onto my atheistic beliefs any longer.
(For more resources, see the Existence of God section of Jesus: Fact or Fiction, or any of the links in the Links sidebar on the right hand side of this page.)
3 Responses to “Wondering if God exists?”
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October 19th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
I believe Dawkins' "The God Delusion" is out in the USA soon, in which he tackles many of those arguments head-on; ontological, teleogical, design, morality etc. I can't say I agree with all of it, but it's an eye-opener, and not just a book with an eye-catching name.
October 19th, 2006 at 10:44 pm
Thanks for the comment Brian! I am actually interested in Dawkins' book since I have some manner of respect for him & his views (as opposed to, say, Sam Harris), even though I do of course disagree with him. Don't know if I'm willing to pay money for it, but if my seminary library picks it up I'll read it for sure. (I'm not being facetious; my seminary library does stock books like Dawkins' Blind Watchmaker.)
July 21st, 2008 at 12:44 am
Just a brief update to this post & its comments re Dawkins' "God Delusion" and these sort or arguments for God's existence … I did read through his book awhile back, and was actually shocked at the terrible job he did to refute these arguments. I found it totally unconvincing, although since Dakwins is a scientist and not a philosopher this is not entirely surprising.