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Comparing The Ontological And Cosmological Arguments

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The ontological, cosmological, and teleological arguments collectively strive to prove one point, the existence of God. Ontological arguments lean on reasoning to prove its point of an a priori being or existence. Cosmological arguments focus on the idea that our infinite and expanding universe had to have been created by God or a higher being, due to the complexity of the universe itself. Teleological argument emphasizes on the idea that God constructed the universe for the sole purpose of completing an end result in which the universe was made for. The ontological argument relies on reasoning to formulate the undoubtable certainty that God exists. This type of argument does not rely on empirical aspects, but abstract reasoning. A prime example

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