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Arguments for the Existence of God: The Rational Arguments (12)
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Paul Jang
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Limitation of the Arguments
It is impossible to perfectly prove the existence of God through the rational arguments because God is not a rational being but a Spirit. This rational proofs for the existence of God are not generally persuasive to unbeliever. Someone, therefore, insisted that the rational arguments are convincing only when people are already predisposed to believe (Marty, 1964, 209).
In modern reaction to the proofs for the existence of God, it is true that proofs do not always persuade. There are two reasons for them not to be persuaded by the proofs. One is that if the proof for God is successful, it leads a person only to believe the existence of God, but does not lead them to believe in God.
This point is the limitations to which the rational arguments cannot lead the unbelievers to believe the existence of God and that God. Nevertheless, this point here is that their lack of persuasion is not necessarily a fault of the rational argument. This is rather a result of people's own choice. Therefore, in order for someone to be persuaded, there must be a cooperation of the will with the mind.
If one is unwilling to look at a proof, unwilling to accept any proof, unwilling to accept the validity of a proof as applied to God, or unwilling to accept the God the proof concludes, then one will not be persuaded by theistic arguments.
On the other hand, person of good will who are seeking the truth will be persuaded by good reasoning. And it is up to the theist to supply these good reasons (Geisler and Corduan, 1988, 88).
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Introduction
Theology 