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IS THERE A GOD

IS THERE A GOD Throughout history, the worship of gods has been a part of daily life even amidst those cultures that have been considered "savage". The reactions, movement, existence, comparisons, purposes, and common beliefs of the world show that there must be a god. The existence of a god is an irrefutable fact. Sir Isaac Newton stated that "every action has a reaction." Therefore every reaction is formed from an action which€in and of itself is a reaction to a previous action. If this theory is followed far enough back, there must be an original action, something that starts all actions, and causes all reactions. Since nothing can cause its own action, because to do so would mean that "it would have to be prior to itself [in this chain of action equals reaction]"(Knowledge, pg133), there must be a starting point, an "initial reaction." This initial action, this uncaused cause, is the being known "god". To quote, again, Sir Isaac Newton, "unless acted upon by an unbalanced force, a body at rest, remains at rest". Which means that nothing in existence moves unless it is moved by something else, which in turn must be moved by a previous object, whether alive or not. Once again, if this pattern is taken back to the beginning, there must be a first mover, which is itself not moved. Without this first mover, there will be no further movement. However, if there is nothing powerful enough to move itself, than this sequence will recede into infinity, which is impossible. Thus, there must be a "god", a first mover. Creation in and of itself is an indisputable example of the existence of a higher being. The very existence of our universe and the things in it proves beyond a doubt that there is a creator. The quote, "that which does not exist comes into being by something that exists"(Knowledge, 134) states that everything must be created in order to exist. Once again, by following this path to its origin one will find that something must always have existed in order for anything further to exist because for something to exist, it will one day cease to exist and in order for it to cease to exist it must at one point not have existed. Thus it must have been created since "that which does not exist comes into being by something that exists"(Knowledge, 134). And, as we saw in relation to movers and to causes, so we cannot but postulate the existence of some being having of itself its own existence and not receiving it from another, but rather causing in others their existence. Thus, one may observe evidence of the existence of "god". Comparisons between things using "more" or "less" show that there must be something to which the thing is being compared. To say that something is better than something else which is good is to show that one has the extreme resemblance of the "most". Thus, there must be a being that is the most good, something to which everything is compared. As the ultimate good would likely be found in a perfect being, and it is said that "god is perfect", than this ultimate good must be the supreme being which is known as "god". Thus for the comparisons to be used and found to be truthful, there must be a god. The purposes for which things exist also provide proof of the existence of "god". Everything acts with a purpose provided at the moment that it comes into existence. Even those things which are seen as lacking intelligence have a purpose "which in fact is evident from there acting certain ways, or nearly always in the same way, so as to produce the best result"(Knowledge, 157). There is no conceivable way in which these things would all have purposes evident in the observation of the identicalness of their actions without these purposes being part of an ultimate plan. Since whatever lacks intelligence cannot find its own purpose, than that purpose must be laid out for them, and they must be placed or created, so as to adhere to their purpose in the ultimate plan, by a higher, intelligent being. "Therefore, some intelligent being exists by whom all natural things are ordained toward a definite purpose"(Knowledge, 157). This intelligent being, the creator of the plan is what we call "god". The belief in a higher power is the one belief or idea common to almost all of the world's peoples, in the past, present, and future, and is the central idea to many organisations or groups, some of which obviously being religious. The worship of god(s) dates back thousands of years to the Greeks, with all their myths and legends, and further even to the origin of humankind. This belief in the gods is found even in the most "primitive" groups of people, the Native Americans who worship the sun and various other elements of nature due to their beliefs in a higher power. And Christianity professes the religious belief in "god" through the Bible as many verses, such as: But you, O Lord, are a shield around me, My glory, and the one who lifts up my head And he answers me from his holy hill. I wake again for the Lord sustains me.(Psalm 3:3,5). Therefore, the extent of this common belief proves the existence of the being we call "god" because if enough people believe in something, and their belief is strong enough, than it must be true. The existence of god is indisputable. This fact is proven through reactions, movements, existence, comparisons, purposes and common beliefs in this world. God must exist for so many cultures believe in the same basic concept of the higher power, and believe so strongly, that there must be a foundation which provides the truth and cause behind these beliefs. Bibliography: The Volume Library, vol. I, Physics: Newton's Law of Motion. Pg. 436. The Southwestern Company, Nashville, Tennessee, 1988. Walsh, Jill Paton, Knowledge of Angels, Bantam Books, Toronto, 1995.

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