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1 Daniel Kline Professor Bolton English 101 25 March 2014 An Argument for God: Topic Proposal It is the question that is on everyone's mind at some point in their lives, the foundational premise of cultures old and new, and the sword that divides hope and despair: the question of God's existence. For many years, mankind has debated the issue with a large variety of arguments based on logic and science. With this amount of back-and-forth argumentation, how is it that the topic still stands? The main issue of this debate is the lack of ancient documentation. Before a certain point, nothing was written down in language, so the debate of this Omnipotent Being resides in His inclination to reveal Himself if He were to even exist in the first place. It is important to examine the weight of both sides of the debate before you become so quick to jump to your pre-decided conclusions. In this essay, I will identify and discuss the various standpoints toward the existence or nonexistence of God. Though I cannot remain neutral in the debating process of this project, I will state facts and logic without bias so the reader can logically reason through my research. Simply put, I will lay out a powerful debate in favor of Gods existence. The main argument that I will focus my essay on is the topic that I believe is the most heavily weighted in logic: The Moral Argument. The moral argument is probably the most basic and thorough argument for Gods existence. It states that without God, morals do not exist, and because morals exist, God exists.

Kline !2 This particular argument stands the strongest because it insists that a perfect God that is outside the system created a governing law of behavior to help sustain order and life. The Moral Law, which is understood by every human being, is the ultimate dividing factor between right and wrong. C. S. Lewis compares it to the Law of Gravity which is understood and obeyed by all matter affected by it. Mankind has no choice but to acknowledge the Moral Law (Lewis 16). I will derive majority of my sources from the writers of the most influential debates. I will avoid circular reasoning to give my essay credibility and believability in its entirety. All in all, the option to believe in the Creator of the universe will be left to the discretion of the reader.

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Works Cited Lewis, C. S. Mere Christianity. New York: Macmillan Publishers, 1952. Print.