The Existence of God: Theories of Thomas Aquinas, Saint Anselm and William PaleyThe three readings which form the basis of this essay deal all of the existence of a God, something greater than which nothing can be conceived and which cannot be conceived as not existing. The three readings include: Thomas Aquinas, Saint Anselm and William Paley. Let's start with Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican monk (1225-1274) who is considered by many to be the greatest theologian in Western religion. Aquanis writes about two opposing theories with reasons for the non-existence of God and then for the existence of God. He begins with his view on the non-existence of God, articulating this through two objections. In the first of the two, he defines God as infinite goodness and goes on to assert that if God really existed, there would be no evil. Since evil exists in the world, there must therefore be no God. I agree with this reasoning, because how could God, a being of infinite goodness, create and care for a world of non-perfection and corruption. I have always wondered, and I am sure we all have, how, if God existed, he could allow such terrible things to happen as they are happening in the world today: famine in the countries of the Third World, the destructive nature of war, and above all the anguish of losing a loved one. In the Bible, a book purported to be the word of God, condemns such things as murder, adultery, and theft. I find it hard to believe that an all-powerful, all-knowing, infinitely good being who “created” this world and everything in it would allow any of these things to happen. He would not only condemn them in an ancient book, but he would completely abolish them and every other evil thing. If God is supposed to be the "heavenly father", wouldn't he want to impose his goodness on his children and eliminate all evil. ? Aquinas also shows this non-existence through Objective 2 where he writes that he expects too much from something that can be explained by a few principles that have been produced by many. There are other principles that can explain everything we see in our world assuming that God does not exist. All things can be reduced to a single principle, that of nature, and it is therefore not necessary to suppose the existence of God. Once again, I agree with his reasoning on this topic, because it makes sense to believe in a simple, visible and measurable concept such as the principle of