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    It is not the case that God exists

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    Reasons Against

    5 perspectives
    Reason against 1 of 5
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    • 1.Everything has an explanation (Principle of Sufficient Reason)
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.If God does not exist, then the only things that exist are contingent beings
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.The explanation of the entire series of contingent beings cannot be a member of that series, since no contingent thing is self-explanatory
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reason against 2 of 5
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    • 1.The world begins to exist at a time
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.For any being that begins to exist at a time, there must be something that determines that it comes to exist at that time
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.The cause that determines the world comes to exist at the time it does must be God, who acts by free choice
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reason against 3 of 5
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    • 1.The physical cosmos has a complex and intelligent structure
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.The human soul has a complex and intelligent structure
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.The complex and intelligent structure of the physical cosmos and human soul can only be explained by the action of a supreme being who possesses divine attributes
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reason against 4 of 5
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    • 1.The universe exists
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.Just as we can deduce that a sculptor exists when we see a statue, we can deduce from the existence of the universe that there must be a first principle and cause of all things
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.This first principle and cause of all things is what we call God
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reason against 5 of 5
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    • 1.Simplicity is an attribute of perfection
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.God is the most intense limit case of perfection
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.The doctrine of the simple reality entails the existence of a perfect being
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

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