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Philosophy should not try to prove the existence of God
The question on the existence of God often brings about intense debate among both believers and non – believers. So, what or who is God? To many, this takes a personal definition. One’s idea of God may be very different from another’s due to tradition, background, beliefs or rationale. God could be an abstract idea, the creator of a particular way of life or even the perfect being who the personification of morality is. Being a Hindu, God, to me is the attributeless one whom I shall seek through meditation. All the ideas of God basically boil down to the fact that God is the supreme being who knows it all. The difficulty however, lies in trying to prove the existence of this supposedly omnipresent Supreme Being. Philosophy, by its nature refuses to accept anything as it is in an unexamined way. However, philosophy is an exercise of reason, a human characteristic which is in fact limited. This is why I agree with the......

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