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This was the center of his anthropocentric ideas. Feuerbach and Marx both held beliefs that agreed with Nietzsche (Jeff 19). Marx even referred to religion as the opium of the people. Kant's ideas of reason come back to haunt him because he asserts that we cannot know reality directly as thing-in-itself and that what is real in itself is something outside of human experience, therefore even if God exists, we can not know God as he really is. The idea of freewill becomes a stumbling block for the existence of God as well since many philosophers contend that the idea of freewill and an omniscient God are contradictory. The concept of an omnipotent God comes under the same scrutiny. The atheist-existentialist argument focuses on the idea of God as a sentient being, and that existence precedes essence. If this is true then a sentient being, by virtue of the definition...
Sartre supports this line of thought, stating that it is a contradiction in terms (Pojman 44).
Ultimately the arguments for God's existence meet with strong opposition, and it results in a philosophical stalemate. What the discussion boils down to is subjective materials and experiences that cannot be proven or disproved objectively. The only comfort that can be had in this situation is that no matter what their ideas while alive, the classical philosophers have all passed on and discovered the ultimate truth of the matter through absolute means. We can all at least rest assured that we will each be afforded this same opportunity at some point. It is only then that the debate will rest.
Works Cited
Craig, William, Michael Murry, and J.P. Moreland (eds.) Philosophy of Religion: A Reader and Guide. Camden, NJ: Rutgers UP, 2002.
Jordan, Jeff. "Pragmatic Arguments for Belief in God," The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2004 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.).
Pojman, Louis P. Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology, Fourth Ed., Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, 2003.
Works Cited
Craig, William, Michael Murry, and J.P. Moreland (eds.) Philosophy of Religion: A Reader and Guide. Camden, NJ: Rutgers UP, 2002.
Jordan, Jeff. "Pragmatic Arguments for Belief in God," The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2004 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.).
Pojman, Louis P. Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology, Fourth Ed., Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, 2003.
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