ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the question of whether God exists as a question in metaphysics. The idea of God is very varied in human history and culture. It looks at just one concept of God, deriving from the traditional monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The chapter discusses three arguments for the existence of God and one against. The ontological argument claims to prove that God exists just by unpacking our understanding of the concept of God. The argument from design uses the apparent order and purpose of nature to infer the existence of God. The problem of evil uses the existence of evil to infer that God, at least as traditionally conceived, does not exist. Omniscience is not just a matter of what God knows, but also of how God knows. Aquinas argues that the correct understanding of God's omnipotence is that God can do anything possible.
