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What are the four forms of arguments for the existence of God?
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God is that being in which nothing greater can be conceived.

I conceive of God which means I have the the concept of God in my understanding.

To conceive of a being that exists in my understanding and in my world is to conceive of a being that is greater than a being that exists only in my knowledge.

Therefore, God exists not just in my understanding, but also in the world.
To have the concept of God means that you understand God.

To conceive of God is to conceive of a being that exists in the understanding and also in the world.

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To deny that God exists is to conceive of a being that exists in reality and in the understanding, and then deny it's existence (contradiction).

Therefore, it is impossible to conceive God as not existing.
If God exists, then God is Omniscent, Omnipotent, and Omnibenevolent.

If God is all knowing, then God knows that all evils are happening and will be happening.

If God is all powerful, then God can stop those evils from happening.

If God is all good, then he will want and will stop all those evils from happening.

If God is Omniscent, Omnipotent, and Omnibenevolent then there shouldn't be any evil around if God does in fact exist.

Evil in fact exists. Therefore, God does not exist.