Existence Of God Benedict De S

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can not be anything in common with God, there is no external cause that can act on God; That is there is no external cause that can prevent God's infinite existence.
Furthermore, since God is a supremely perfect being his own nature can not contradict his existence. This part of proof is easier understood when one considers more closely the fact that God is not caused by any external forces. Things that were caused externally owe the qualities that they posses solely to their cause. For example, if there is a critical disease in the bloodline of one's parent the one's child may be at a great risk of having the disease. This, however, is not the case with God. First, because God is eternal and infinitely perfect. Secondly and mainly, because God is a self caused substance. Likewise, for God to self cause itself, its essence must include existence, or existence belongs to it nature. From this it is logical to conclude that God exists.
Descartes case in Meditation V for ...

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travels into another dimension and says that God has all the perfection and one of them is obviously existence. This unprepared and unsupported "jump" is what makes it harder for me to understand and believe Descartes argument for God's existence. The Descartes argument for the existence of God is less powerful than Spinoza's argument in large part because it does not have a solid base of support under it.
Descartes says that the reason why he is bound to make errors is because God gave him a finite understanding and infinite will. However, because God is perfect and knows an infinite number of things, Descartes with his limited knowledge can not show a reason why God must have ...

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