Can the existence of God be known through human reason alone

• what does the cosmological argument argue?


  no- Aquinas argument is based on the principle of cause and effect. It follows along the idea that everything ha a cause, and this chain of causation lead to God as first cause.
• what evidence is there to support the cosmological argument?


  "therefore it is necessary to arrive at a first mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God." - Aquinas "Summa Theologica"
• what does Barth view on Gods revelation argue?


  no- he emphasized the concept of God's revelation as a means of understanding God. He believed that human reason due to its limitations and biases, is inadequate to fully comprehend the divine. "Theology of revelation", Gods discloses Himself to humanity, and true knowledge of God comes through this divine self-disclosure
• what evidence supports Barth's view on Gods revelation?


  "God's revelation is a living and active confrontation with his own self. He communicates himself. His word is an event in which he opens up and gives himself." - Barth "Church Dogmatics"
• what does the teleological argument (design and order) argue?


  no- often attributed to theologians such as William Paley, Intricate design and order observed in natural world, esp in complex biological structures, imply an intelligent designer exists (God).
• what evidence supports the teleological argument?


  "The marks of design are too strong to got over. Design must have had a designer. That designer must have been a person. That person is God."- Paley, "natural theology"
• how does limits of evidence and senses agree?


  relying on empirical evidence and the limits of human senses to comprehend God is insufficient. God, being beyond the physical realm, transcends empirical observation. God existence cannot solely be based on empirical evidence as this limits the entirety of God's nature.
• what evidence supports the limits of evidence and senses?

  "the transcendent is unbounded and cannot be encompassed within the finite. We cannot grasp the infinite through the finite."- Kant, "Critique of pure reason"
• what does questioning evil and suffering (problem of evil) argue?


  this leads people to question the adequacy of reason in reconciling the God being all powerful and benevolent. The existence of suffering, evil and pain raises questions about the consistency of gods attributes. Why would a loving and omnipotent God allow suffering? This leads people to question the adequacy of reason in reconciling the problem of evil observed in everyday life with the concept of a good and powerful God .
• what evidence supports the question of the problem of evil?


  "either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot or he can. but does not want to... If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. Ife he can, but does not want to, he is wicked." Epicurus
• what does moral argument (right or wrong) argue?


  yes- the existence of objective moral values and duties in the world implies the existence of a moral lawgiver which is God. This is built on the idea that moral principles & obligations are grounded in a transcendent source, god, providing an objective foundation of morality.
• what evidence supports the moral argument?

  "If there is no God, then everything is permissible." (Dmitri Karamazov)- Fyoder Dostoevsky, The brothers Kaeamazov"