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The question of the existence of God has troubled mankind for thousands of years. Although the existence of God was once never denied, as His presence, His existence was evident in miracles and the people's faith. But time and the advancement of modern science have called God and His very nature into question. The Supreme Being has become the source of much doubt and controversy. What was once certain and surely unquestionable has become the most questioned. The existence of a God has been the topic of fierce debate. This most usually occurring between members of the religious society and, everybody else. As a matter of fact the religious world itself has not always been able to agree on God. Many theories have been proposed, and all think that theirs proves beyond a doubt on whether or not God exists. To write this paper I selected the theories of St. Anselm, St. Thomas Aquinas, and William Paley to prove that god does exists. St. Anselm supplies the ontological argument for the existence of God. The ontological argument states that by understanding the nature of God himself, we come to realize he exists. Anselm explains his argument by first defining what God is. Anselm says that God is the greatest possible being we can conc