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Arguments Against the Existence of God GapFill
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Including the objections given to the First
Argument and the
Argument, there are various other arguments
the existence of God.
One of the key arguments opposing the existence of God is that of the Problem of
and Suffering. This problem is based on human experience of the world. The idea of a God that is omnipotent (which means
) and omnibenevolent (which means
) is inconsistent with the suffering and pain we can observe in the world. If God is loving, is able to see suffering, and has the power to end suffering, then surely there would be no suffering? A lot of people would argue that this proves
such as the
Defence.
There are also arguments which have come from the modern development of
as it is through this endeavour that we have been able to see evidenced explanations for events which had previously been explained by the existence of a God. One such example is the Big
Theory for the creation of the universe. This used to be explained by God, as it was accepted that God had created the world.
However, it is important to note that many religious people do accept the modern findings of
and do not consider these to conflict with their faith. For these people, they consider science to offer the explanation of
things happened, whereas religion offers the
.