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An 8 page consideration of the question of whether God exists. The author emphasizes the
arguments of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas and contrasts them with the arguments of Kant. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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exists or that he does not. Some contend, however, that there can be no dialectically effective ontological argument. In other words, the belief in God cannot, according to
many, be established as reasonable. Never-the-less, arguments attempting to disprove the existence of God cannot be proved reasonable either. Because of this standoff, it is sometimes contended that
ontological arguments are in fact completely worthless in their attempts to either prove or disprove the existence of God. Despite this criticism, however, these arguments are of considerable interest.
The arguments presented by St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas serve as a particularly interesting points of study. Both St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas argued for the
existence of God and they did so utilizing essentially the same approach, an approach that was and is criticized extensively by others that chose not to believe.
St. Augustines arguments deserve first consideration in that his life is regarded as having served as a bridge between pagan Rome and the Christian middle ages
(ODonnell, 2001). His influence would, in fact, be widespread. He would tirelessly examine:
"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, or had to confront it" (The Economist, 1999).
While Augustine was devoted, it seems, to answering even the most puzzling of academic questions regarding Christianity;
he contended that proof of Gods existence could be found through sense experience. He repeatedly investigated one perplexing question after another. His inquiry into the question of which
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