Existence of God
Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikipedia
This source is used as context evidence across 4 linked claims and 3 related evidence hubs. Its citation record is marked verified; that verifies the source trail, not the truth of any linked claim.
Summary
Cross-tradition overview of arguments for and against the existence of God.
How this source is used on the map
General-audience entry point; pair with SEP entries for specific arguments (cosmological, ontological, fine-tuning).
Citation record
- Authors
- Wikipedia contributors
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- Wikipedia
- Source type
- Secondary summary
- Map role
- context
- Credibility level
- secondary
- Citation status
- Verified
- DOI
- Not recorded
- PubMed
- Not recorded
- Not recorded
Linked claims
A central concept across the Abrahamic religions and beyond, with personal-encounter reports throughout history. Direct evidence essentially zero; the modern guardian-angel and angel-number reading is the weakest part.
A near-universal religious claim with massive cultural footprint and zero empirical evidence. Sits downstream of theism and survival-after-death — its plausibility tracks theirs.
Massively documented in tradition, zero direct evidence, and substantial harm record from belief — eternal-torment doctrines have warped lives for centuries.
The claim that a personal, conscious deity created and continues to engage with the universe — considered here at the generic level rather than within any specific tradition.
Related evidence hubs
Related sources
Reference for claims about postmortem destinations within Christian frameworks; it clarifies the conceptual options before any evidential claim is assessed.
Direct background for any claim about whether something of the person survives death, and a useful guardrail against treating survival as a single simple proposition.
Background for theological readings of contemporary cosmology, useful for separating genuine cosmological evidence from retrospective religious interpretation.
Frames the anthropic / multiverse / design debate that simulation, mathematical-universe, and theism claims all engage with.
Academic frame for first-person mystical and psychedelic experience reports, especially when users ask whether an experience can justify a metaphysical belief.
Useful background for claims involving God, religious figures, or traditions because it clarifies what counts as a religious claim before evidence is weighed.