Why do people believe in God?

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Christianity (Belief about deity) Mind Map on Why do people believe in God?, created by harrisono on 25/09/2013.
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Why do people believe in God?
  1. The Moral Argument
    1. We have a conscience
      1. God must have given this so that we can know how to do good
        1. He shows us right and wrong through our conscience
        2. Some believe they have experienced Him through miracles/spiritual experiences
          1. The Bible
            1. It is the Truth so God must exist
            2. People are brought up believing in him so they need no proof of his existance
            3. The Cosmological Argument
              1. The Universe must have come from somewhere
                1. God created the rocks that made the Big Bang happen
                2. You can't get something from nothing
                3. The Teleological Argument
                  1. There's a harmony in the Universe
                    1. It is too well designed to be by chance
                    2. William Paley - 'The world is like a watch'
                      1. Each intricate part must have been designed and thought out
                        1. It is too ordered to not have been created
                    3. The Ontological Argument
                      1. If God is just an idea, He cannot be the Supreme Being
                        1. We have an idea of God
                          1. There must be something in the Universe corresponding to this
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