Logic and God

Logic and God: The “one, absolutely simple, unrestricted, unconditioned Reality which is the continuous Creator of all else that is” must exist. This Reality corresponds to what is generally thought to be “God.” God, as defined, must exist.

The denial of the existence of God would entail the denial of one’s own existence.

Everything in reality must be a conditioned (dependent) reality except the one unconditioned (independent) Reality itself (the Creator of reality).

 In all reality (the universe), realities must be either conditioned (caused) or unconditioned (uncaused) we can find a cause for everything in the universe except the cause of the universe itself because the cause of the universe must be outside the universe. The universe could not have created itself. 

There can be only one unconditioned Reality itself in “all reality” (Unconditioned = all powerful= most powerful. By definition of “most” only one can be most powerful)

It follows that all other realities in “all reality” must be conditioned realities.

Conditioned realities cannot have their conditions ultimately fulfilled by conditioned realities alone.

For any conditioned reality X, there must always be a most fundamental (last) condition to be fulfilled.

This most fundamental (last) condition must be fulfilled by the one unconditioned Reality . There must be a last condition, and this last condition must always be fulfilled by an unconditioned reality. There can only be one unconditioned Reality, and everything else must be a conditioned reality, the one unconditioned Reality must be the Creator (the source of the ultimate fulfillment of conditions) of all else that is real.

The Creator Must Continuously Create all else that is real. This is not in conflict with “creatio ex nihilo (creation from nothing),” it simply includes the possibility of the Creator continuously fulfilling conditions ultimately, and “holding or conserving” conditioned realities in being.

No conditioned reality can ever become unconditioned, because there can be only one unconditioned Reality. Every conditioned reality must be dependent on the one unconditioned Reality for the ultimate fulfillment of its conditions at every moment.

If the one unconditioned Reality does not ultimately fulfill the conditions of every conditioned reality at every moment, they would cease to be real. The Creator (the one, absolutely simple, unrestricted, unconditioned Reality) must be a continuous Creator (source of the ultimate fulfillment of conditions) of all else that is real at every moment. If the Creator stopped “thinking” about us, we would literally lapse into nothingness.

Conclusion: The “one, absolutely simple, unrestricted, unconditioned Reality which is the continuous Creator of all else that is” must exist. This Reality corresponds to what is generally thought to be “God.” God, as defined, must exist.

The denial of the existence of God would entail the denial of one’s own existence, or arguing a most fundamental contradiction. If these alternatives are considered to be unreasonable and/or irresponsible, the existence of God should be considered rationally affirmed.