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For almost 5000 years, since the writing of sacred texts and the Epic of Gilgamesh, no riddle has received more philosophical attention and dedication than the erudite efforts of intellectuals to demonstrate, teleologically, cosmologically and ontologically, whether God exists. These arguments, dreamed up by their respective proponents and detractors and spanning the history of humanity, reveal the arduous and painstaking intellectual search the west has faced been in promoting and/or demoting this most crucial trilogy of premises and conclusions. Although these arguments do not prove that a Supreme Personal Being who is omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent actually exists, they do show the depths of fascinating inquiry that glimpses at our innermost yearnings: knowledge. From ancient times to present, Aristotle’s famous words, “all men by nature desire to know” have become indelible in our quest for those pivotal philosophical instances that advances humanity’s consciousness. By evaluating the Teleological, Cosmological and Ontological arguments of this trilogy, we will understand why, for the most part, each one lacks tangible proof that God exists. Yet, on this journey, we will also encounter one mysterious argument outside this cannon, discovered in the Argentine pages of another, no less astonishing book: Borges’ Argumentum Ornithologicum.
In the Teleological Argument, God has a final end and purpose and possesses a conscious intelligence and will: God is the
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