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Almost everyone at some particular point in his or her life has
challenged the existence of God. This may happen for a number of
reasons. For example he or she might have been at a point in
their life when their faith alone was just not enough for them to
believe. Humans have a natural instinct to find reasons for
events that can’t be explained. For some, the existence of God
may help give them the answers they are looking for.
Philosophers spend a great deal of their time trying to prove or
to disprove the existence of God. One philosopher that
confronted God’s existence was Anselm.
Anselm was the Archbishop of Canterbury and was a very
influential philosopher between Augustine and Aquinas. He
proposed his argument for God’s existence. His ontological
argument is based on the thought of God as the highest being.
Anselm’s argument is different from other philosophers
simply because of it’s premise. He saw a need......

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