The Existence of God The existence of God has been argued because there has been no direct proof, but the numbers of people that have faith in God has given the argument for existence some merit. This paper is going to explain Anselm's argument for the existence of God, criticisms against it, and how he would try to disproof these criticisms. To begin Anselm states that this concept is agreed upon: God is a being to which none greater can be conceived. This is vital to Anselm's argument, which will be evident in his later statements. His first statement is that he accepts the fool's statement that God exists in the understanding and not reality. Next he gets the fool to agree that an existence in reality is greater than existence in understanding. In his third statement he gets the fool to agree that having all God's properties and existence in reality is conceivable.....

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