Gods Existence

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method of proving God’s existence is called “Faith
seeking understanding.” He proclaims “I do not seek to
understand in order that I may believe, but I believe in order
that I may understand” (Stumpf, 372-372). Anselm had to believe
in God in order to support his own rational for God’s existence.
To help prove his belief, Anslem he uses his mind. He
claims, “Now we believe that You are something than which nothing
greater can be thought.” He then questions, “Does this
something, than which nothing greater can be thought, really
exist?” (Stumpf 373). Anselm also sites Psalm 13:1 which reads,
“The fool has said in his heart: There is no God.” When a fool
hears the question, “Does this something than which nothing
greater can be thought really exist,” he understands what he is
hearing. The fool follows what this question because it is in
his intellect.
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of something greater. However, if
even a fool agrees with the statement, “that something than which
nothing greater can be though exists in the mind” (Stumpf 373).
Therefore, this something, or God must exist in reality. This is
because nothing greater can be thought of other than God.
This theory or proof put forth by Anselm came under though
inspection by a Benedictine monk named Guanilon. He argued that
the proof Anselm offers is inadequate. He disputed that the
first part of the proof was literally impossible. “It requires
that there be in the understanding an idea of God, that upon
hearing this word the fool is expected to have a conception of
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