Udayana states that there are seven ways to prove that God is in existence; effects, atomic combination, suspension, human skills, authoritative knowledge, Revelation, and atoms. He also calls Him the "all-knowing, imperishable God." He is imperishable God because he is the only one who could create atoms because humans are not able to. Also, humans can not break atoms or destroy them and he is stating that the only person that can do that is God because he created atoms.
He mentions the difference between the cause and effect to validate if there is a God. He brings up the argument that "Things like the earth must have a cause, because they are produced by a body (101)." Some deity had to have made the earth for their pleasure. He also relies on objections to prove that God is real.
Udayana does bring up good ideas to prove that God is real. The best argument to me is that he created atoms. Humans are unable to destroy atoms or to create them; so they had to be made somehow. The other arguments are vague to me because people learn new things all the time. Humans are not born with skills but they are taught and learned, but it still does not prove that God is here. The Revelation is a book in the Bible which was written by someone, but others would argue that they would not know if it is true until that time comes. The best objection to me was that he said,"God is not a cause, because he has no body (People Syllogism). "Things like the earth have no cause, because they are not produced by a body." It is inconclusive and leaves me thinking about the objections.
He mentions the difference between the cause and effect to validate if there is a God. He brings up the argument that "Things like the earth must have a cause, because they are produced by a body (101)." Some deity had to have made the earth for their pleasure. He also relies on objections to prove that God is real.
Udayana does bring up good ideas to prove that God is real. The best argument to me is that he created atoms. Humans are unable to destroy atoms or to create them; so they had to be made somehow. The other arguments are vague to me because people learn new things all the time. Humans are not born with skills but they are taught and learned, but it still does not prove that God is here. The Revelation is a book in the Bible which was written by someone, but others would argue that they would not know if it is true until that time comes. The best objection to me was that he said,"God is not a cause, because he has no body (People Syllogism). "Things like the earth have no cause, because they are not produced by a body." It is inconclusive and leaves me thinking about the objections.
Interesting for sure. I agree that there are many things in our universe that had to be made somehow like atoms. The universe and world are way too complex to just have happened by chance. How did the materials to create all we know and don't know get there? Were they always just there? If one can believe that, they can also consider a supreme being like God just being there. "The Revelation is a book in the Bible which was written by someone" This is very true, but so were all of our books and history. Literally every thing we read about the past or thoughts on our futures are/were written by people. One could argue if we dismiss or question the Bible because of that fact, we must dismiss or question many historical documents as we weren't there personally to confirm there veracity. Much of what we trust as facts and truth come from our faith in the testimonies of others who were there and came to the same conclusions. The Bible is no different in that aspect. As far as the cause of earth's and our own existence it might be one of those questions we may never fully understand because we might not possess the ability to.
ReplyDelete