Argument from the Idea of God

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Descartes’ Cosmological-Ontological Argument (“The COA”) states that God exists because the idea of a God exists in human minds. This even applies to the minds of atheists; they don’t believe the idea is true, but they still possess the idea. The argument goes, as follows:

Since every event has a cause, including thoughts, an infinite perfect being must exist to give people the concepts of perfection and infinity. Otherwise, something infinite and perfect was created by finite, imperfect beings.

However, Freud argued that wishful thinking allows humanity to dream of all sorts of things more perfect than ourselves, by imaginatively extending our desires to infinity -- including the desire for an immortal father-figure. Likewise, Lenin, through Marx’s framework, argued that the God as a concept originated from our desire to legitimize our economic possessions and oppressions. The idea divine is just a justification for the divine right of kings.