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====== God exists ======

===== Assumptions =====
  * [[The Laws of Logic hold universally]]

===== Reasoning: Cosmological =====

==== Reasoning ====
(Kalam)
<code>
  * [[everything that exists has a cause of its existence]]
  * [[the universe began to exist]]
</code>

* [[the universe has a cause of its existence]]
  * [[if the universe has a cause, its cause can be called God]]
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]
=== Notable Supporters ===
[[wp>William Lane Craig]]

==== Reasoning ====
(Intelligent Design)

==== Reasoning ====
(Sufficient Reason)
<code>
  * [[everything that exists demands a reason]]
  * [[the universe as a whole exists]]
</code>
  * [[the universe demands a reason for existing]]
  * [[the reason for its existence is God]]
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]

===== Reasoning: Ontological =====

* [[God exists as an idea in the mind]]
<code>
  * [[If God exists merely as an idea in the mind, then we can imagine something that is greater than that which none greater can be imagined, God]]
</code>
  * [[If God exists as an idea in the mind, He must exist outside the mind]]
  * [[a God existing outside the mind exists in reality]]
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]

==== Definitions ====
God: a being than which none greater can be imagined (that is, the greatest possible being that can be imagined)

==== Notable Supporters ====
[[wp>Anselm of Canterbury]]\\
Reasoning formulated by Himma, Kenneth Einnar (16 November 2001). "Ontological Argument". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Chapter 4, section IV. Retrieved 2012-01-03. [[wp>Ontological_argument#cite_ref-IEP_23-0]] Wording borrowed from the Wikipedia editor.

=== Definitions ===

=== Analogies ===

=== Notable Supporters ===

====== Counter-Statement ======
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====== Talk ======

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