11. WHY SHOULD WE GO DEEPER IN PROVING GOD’S EXISTENCE?
It is essential to make it clear that around each of these arguments, many pencils have been broken and pens have run out of ink. The best philosophical minds in the world have devoted themselves to establishing or criticizing these arguments.
10. THE COSMOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF GOD
In the ancient world, people believed in GOD or “the GODs” naturally, without any logical proof. The very fact that this belief appeared in all ancient cultures without exception testifies to its intuitiveness.
IS THERE A GOD? ANY GOD?
Philosophical evidence for the existence of GOD is relatively new. Belief in GOD is essentially intuitive, and it is sometimes accompanied by religious and spiritual experiences.
SUMMARY: IS GOD GOOD
It is impossible to prove that GOD is good and does not lie to us or deceive us, but this belief allows us to advance in learning, understanding, acquiring knowledge, and developing better values and views. If we assume that GOD is evil or deceptive, then every thought and feeling becomes questionable, and we can go nowhere.
9. HOW CAN AN EVIL GOD CREATE RIGHTEOUS BEINGS?!
Some philosophers say GOD is evil, but how can they say that? If they are so moral and righteous, it would have been GOD that gave them those virtues, and therefore, he couldn’t be evil.
8. DO WE TRUST OUR MORAL SENSE?
In fact, the very existence of such a strong moral sense within us can serve as a reason to prefer a faith in the good GOD.
7. THE PARADOX OF MALTESE-ISM
The attitude that GOD is evil is called “Maltese” in philosophy, and it is no coincidence that it is difficult to find serious philosophers who support it.
6. WANT TO LIVE A GOOD AND PURPOSEFUL LIFE?
Therefore, if we want to live a good and meaningful life and build for ourselves a system of beliefs and knowledge, we must assume that GOD is good and trustworthy, and that he does not usually deceive us.
5. IS THE WORLD AN ILLUSION?
We will always have to wonder if maybe the whole world is an illusion, maybe what seems good to us is actually bad and vice versa, maybe GOD wants us to do the opposite of what he says, and so on.
4. CHOOSING THE POSITIVE OPTION
Is it possible to refute this possibility? Theoretically, could it be true? Since we have no way of finding out the truth, what we can do is check which of the two options advances us more.