Existence of God
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Arguments for and against the existence of God have been proposed by philosophers, theologians, and others. In philosophical terminology, "existence-of-God" arguments concern schools of thought on the epistemology of the ontology of God.
The debate concerning the existence of God raises many philosophical issues. A basic problem is that there is no universally accepted definition of God. Some definitions of God's existence are so non-specific that it is certain that something exists that meets the definition; in stark contrast, there are suggestions that other definitions are self-contradictory.
A wide variety of arguments exist which can be categorized as metaphysical, logical, empirical, or subjective.
See also
- Absolute
- Absurdism
- Apologetics
- Conversational intolerance
- Efficacy of prayer
- Elohim
- Existence of Jesus
- Gödel's ontological proof
- Human history
- Lawsuits against God
- Metaphysics
- Miracle
- Mythology
- Nihilism
- Omega Point
- Philosophy of religion
- Polemic
- Problem of evil
- Rationalism
- Spectrum of theistic probability
- Theological veto
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