Arguement on God’s Existence 2

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Argument on God’s existence
Question 1
True. According to Anselm that to conceive God is a realization of His existence and that God has to exist for him to become ‘the greatest conceivable being.’ Anselm continues to argue that do not just cease to exist or come to exist; there has to be a greater being that made it possible. The ontological argument also makes it known that the “greatest being” concept does not get altered by the fact that the concept is demonstrated in reality (Neilsen 82).
Question 2
True. Anselm perspective of God’s being aims at proving that he does not only exist in understanding but also in reality. He talks about the ‘fool’ who denies the existence of God but observes that the same ‘fool’ must have the understanding of God, just the same way one would have an understanding about unicorns even though unicorns do not exist. Anselm’s argument here is that the ‘fool’ has contradicting believe since, on the one hand, he agrees that ‘than-which-is-a-greater-cannot-be-thought’ exists in the understanding, but the same ‘fool’ disagrees of this been true in reality.
Question 3
God is a being than that which nothing greater can be conceived. Anselm argues that God has to exist for Him to be the greatest being conceived. He continues to explain that this line of thought does not imply that we can amplify God’s existence or Characterize Him but instead it suggests God’s existence and God’s concept has an illustration.
Question 4
Yes, according to Anselm we can understand the notion that there are unicorns without believing that they exist and thus we can understand arguments or claims about God so that God exists in the understanding.

Anselm explains that this concept brings about self-contradiction since it is impossible for someone to believe that something exists in perceptive but deny its being in actuality. Anselm argues that nothing can just appear and disappear from nothing, there has to be a being that brought about its existence. Therefore a “greater being” can be imagined which means that God lives in reality and understanding.
Question 5
All the above. Gualino argues that if Anselm’s argument works for the existence of God, then it is possible to prove the existence of any perfect thing. Guanilo aims to show that this argument is problematic, and thus so too is Anselm’s argument for God’s existence (this is because Anselm’s argument and the argument for the perfect island share the same logical form). He continues to compare ‘than-which-a-greater-cannot-be-thought’ with a perfect island which he claims is easier to comprehend. He then says that the island does not have to be perfect both in understanding and in reality since any other land that exists will be more perfect and the one understood by a person to be the most perfect ceases to be more excellent.
Question 6
Saying “God exists” is just giving an example of the concept of God. The fact that go “God exists” or doesn’t exist does not change the concept of God itself. Nielsen explains that the term ‘God’ can be introduced through description and that one could try and explain what people are talking about God. He, however, notes that for example when people pray to God, they do not see Him but believe he exists in reality thus the concept of God cannot be altered.
Question 7
By accepting the idea of a supreme being, human beings (especially those who have been exploited, degraded, or have experienced much suffering) are taught to accept their fate as part of God’s plan and thus prevented people from pursuing collective efforts to improve the condition of those who are exploited. (and has caused the exploited people to resign themselves to their conditions as they find solace in some belief about a better time in the afterlife). Nielsen explains that these individuals project to a “Spiritual World” and a “New Time” what can be particularly human expectations, hopes, and aspiration.
Work Cited
Nielsen, Kai. Atheism and philosophy. Pyr Books, 1985. Print.