Proof of God’s existence
Aim
To have an understanding of
the different ways people
try to prove that God exists
Starter activity
 In
pairs come up
with five things
that help you to
believe that God
exists.
From the earliest of time people have always
questioned whether there is a divine being a
God.
Over many years many theologians and
philosophers have been occupied with this
question, trying to answer it one way or the
Other.
There developed in the Church a tradition of
Attempting to prove God exists by using
Philosophical statements
Why have people tried to prove God
exists?
 In
pairs you
have one minute
to discuss why
you think people
have tried and
still do try to
prove that God
exists?
Proofs for God’s Existence
Ontological
Argument from being
Cosmological
Argument from Cosmos
Teleological
Argument from design
Moral
From man’s moral
nature
Religious
From man’s religious
Experience
experiences.
LOOK AT THOMAS AQUINAS REASONS…
Can we prove God exists?
Many people would say that by his very
nature this is an impossible thing to do. God
cannot be put in a test tube or under a
microscope, tested and examined.
Why?
This would make faith redundant!

What is
faith?
The Church itself
declared that God’s
Existence couldn’t
be proved, but man
Could come to
knowledge of God
through both
reason
and experience.
Tasks


What do we mean by Faith? Write a
dictionary definition.
Make a list of other things you think could be
used to prove that God exists and explain how
they can be used.
Homework
Find
out about the Life and
work of St Thomas
Aquinas.
Plenary

You have one minute to write a sentence
to explain what you have learnt today.