Does God Exist?
The existence of God has been interpreted and argued very differently for all of history, but probably the most popular titled belief is that of Classical Theism, a generalized title for the three longest and largest lasting religions in the world, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. "God has many key features, God is the creator of the universe, and he is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good." (Nils Ch. Rauhut). A belief that is common and arguably universal in classical theism is that God is an all-powerful, all-good being that created the universe and now controls it. When it comes to support an argument like this, people have a variety of interpretations, such as the argument of religious experiences. "Some of the most persuasive arguments is the defense of the existence of God are based on religious experience. (Nils Ch. Rauhut). Whether or not a claim seems to be true, when someone has a very spiritual experience that they interpret has to be ordained by God, putting persuasions aside, it is nigh impossible to convince them God does not exist, however someone could skillfully fabricate their experience to convince still others of his belief, in the case of Muhammad when he started Islam in the 7th Century. The Cosmological argument is used by classical theists as well. "In order to understand the basic Thrust of the Cosmological argument, we need to understand two philosophical ideas, the concept of a necessary being and the principle of sufficient reason." (Nils Ch. Rauhut). The argument of a necessary being is that God is a necessary being for the creation of what we understand as the Cosmos. And the philosophy of sufficient reason is that there must be sufficient reason for the existence of the cosmos.
The design argument also has to be among the most popular. "This argument is immediately plausible, and for centuries it has been one of the most dependable bulwarks of rational theology." (Nils Ch. Rauhut). The basics of it is the logical assumption that given all the advanced life on earth, the careful layout of the solar system and it's processes, how it affects life on earth, all the intricate details and features of our universe would have needed to be designed by an intelligent creator, there's no way something that advanced just happened by chance. However, it is more common than one might think for a classical theist to believe that the events that some modern scientists belief started the universe, the Big Bang, for instance, was facilitated by God, that the Big Bang is the form in which God Created the Universe. It could also be believed that God started life on earth in the process of evolution. Traditional Creationists are still probably more common to this day, in there believe that life does not change, and the way all organisms are today is the same as they were 6 thousand years ago when God created them. "Traditional Creationists hold the Genesis account of creation is literally true." (Nils Ch. Rauhut). God created the earth in six days, all life on earth, everything about it that exists today, was designed by God in six days.
