Debate on the Existence of God
The Philosophy of the Middle Ages is almost entirely based on the belief of an all-powerful, omnipotent, and benevolent god. The belief in a god being required to verify the legitimacy of the medieval period's arguments dictates that these arguments are flawed. With an agnostic's view, God either does not exist or he is not worth worshipping. The god with whom the medieval philosophers relate to must be an imperfect being if it allows this world to degrade to the way it is now. Therefore the instrument of this god's worship is flawed. The philosophical views expressed from the Middle Ages either agree or disagree with a Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates. These philosophers have made phenomenal insights for there times but do not have all the facts to reanalyze their view to one based on scientific fact. The human consciousness neither depends nor is influenced by the existence of a god. Human beings are products of evolution and developed the mind over thousands of years of competition with other animals as a tool for survival. Human beings have used this tool to develop a complex social structure and in the process a worldwide civilization. If God really existed then why would it stand by and let its devout follower's
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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