In Anselm’s Ontological Argument, he plans to establish, that there is a God, purely from his definition of God and uses a reductio ad absurdum, in which he assumes something is true in order to show that there is a contradiction, and prove that God does exist. Anselm’s argument begins with the statement that God is the greatest thinkable being, and continues that the idea of God exists solely in the mind, so then …show more content…
Anselm’s Ontological Argument was not very persuasive, because it led to a conclusion that was half likely to be right and half likely to be wrong, which makes me feel like it isn’t that strong of an argument, and lastly Paley’s Teleological Argument. I feel like Paley had a strong argument, but it was too complex to really understand, so it wasn 't as persuasive as Aquinas argument. I hope that through this essay over the Arguments for the existence of God, that I have helped you establish a better understanding of each of the philosophers viewpoints for the existence of