BirdofPrey Posted:

a compelling argument – too bad there is no god

Here’s the proof!

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Hundreds of Proofs of God’s Existence

Formerly: Over Three Hundred Proofs of God’s Existence

Originally adapted from a forum on the Internet Infidels.

TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENT, a.k.a. PRESUPPOSITIONALIST (I)

(1) If reason exists then God exists.

(2) Reason exists.

(3) Therefore, God exists.

COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT, a.k.a. FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT (I)

(1) If I say something must have a cause, it has a cause.

(2) I say the universe must have a cause.

(3) Therefore, the universe has a cause.

(4) Therefore, God exists.

ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (I)

(1) I define God to be X.

(2) Since I can conceive of X, X must exist.

(3) Therefore, God exists.

ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (II)

(1) I can conceive of a perfect God.

(2) One of the qualities of perfection is existence.

(3) Therefore, God exists.

MODAL ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT

(1) God is either necessary or unnecessary.

(2) God is not unnecessary, therefore God must be necessary.

(3) Therefore, God exists.

TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (I), a.k.a. DESIGN ARGUMENT

(1) Check out the world/universe/giraffe. Isn’t it complex?

(2) Only God could have made them so complex.

(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM BEAUTY, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (II)

(1) Isn’t that baby/sunset/flower/tree beautiful?

(2) Only God could have made them so beautiful.

(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES (I)

(1) My aunt had cancer.

(2) The doctors gave her all these horrible treatments.

(3) My aunt prayed to God and now she doesn’t have cancer.

(4) Therefore, God exists.

MORAL ARGUMENT (I)

(1) Person X, a well-known Atheist, was morally inferior to the rest of us.

(2) Therefore, God exists.

MORAL ARGUMENT (II)

(1) In my younger days I was a cursing, drinking, smoking, gambling, child-molesting, thieving, murdering, bed-wetting bastard.

(2) That all changed once I became religious.

(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM CREATION, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL INCREDULITY (I)

(1) If evolution is false, then creationism is true, and therefore God exists.

(2) Evolution can’t be true, since I lack the mental capacity to understand it; moreover, to accept its truth would cause me to be uncomfortable.

(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM FEAR

(1) If there is no God then we’re all going to not exist after we die.

(2) I’m afraid of that. (3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE

(1) [arbitrary pbumage from OT]

(2) [arbitrary pbumage from NT]

(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM INTELLIGENCE

(1) Look, there’s really no point in me trying to explain the whole thing to you stupid Atheists — it’s too complicated for you to understand. God exists whether you like it or not.

(2) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM UNINTELLIGENCE

(1) Okay, I don’t pretend to be as intelligent as you guys — you’re obviously very well read. But I read the Bible, and nothing you say can convince me that God does not exist. I feel him in my heart, and you can feel him too, if you’ll just ask him into your life. “For God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son into the world, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish from the earth.” John 3:16.

(2) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM BELIEF

(1) If God exists, then I should believe in Him.

(2) I believe in God.

(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM INTIMIDATION

(1) See this bonfire?

(2) Therefore, God exists.

PARENTAL ARGUMENT

(1) My mommy and daddy told me that God exists.

(2) Therefore, God exists.