PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

Part Three
Theology Proper: 16 PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

Since the days of Aristotle philosophers have sought to prove the existence of God by various arguments. These arguments are based, not upon the Bible or any special revelation, but simply upon the facts supplied by nature. Some men believe that these arguments are legitimate and that they do prove what they are designed to prove. Others have found them unconvincing, as we shall see in considering objections to these arguments. All that is claimed here is that they do show a large degree of probability for the existence of God, so that any open-minded person should give them serious attention and study. For the Christian whose belief in God is based upon other reasons, these arguments are unnecessary, but they do serve to substantiate and buttress his faith. It should be said in defense of these arguments that the Apostle Paul in Romans 1:19, 20 does state that what may be known of God has been manifested by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Deity, so that man is without excuse. Paul does not label his argument by any particular title. Perhaps it includes all that is involved in the several arguments which philosophers have put forward on this subject. At least, Paul gives Biblical authority for investigating Nature to discover to what extent God’s existence is revealed therein.

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