and its destination after death. ( For the sake of convenience, we shall borrow.
some theological ideas from Christianity, the Christian God, to exemplify our.
comparisons.) As an example, God is the creator of all, and there is a place in.
heaven, a kingdom of God, for those who have faith in God. This helps believers.
understand their identity and alleviate the fear of death.
Now then, let us look upon how Descartes responds to the question of what.
God is? Descartes' hypothesis on his theory starts with the idea of a God who.
is eternal, infinite, omniscient, omnipotent, benevolent, and perfect. In his.
earlier Meditations, he claims that God may be a deceiver; he, however,.
concludes later that God is a non-deceiver because an act of deceit would be an.
attribute of moral imperfection. According to Descartes, this idea of a.
supremely intelligent and supremely powerful being, who created everything that.
exists, can not and does not come from within him who is imperfect. Moreover,.
this perception did not originate from the experiences of the world, nor was.
this drawn from the senses. Rather, he believes that this perception of God is.
prior to his own perception, and it could only actually arise from a perfect.
being. Thus Descartes concludes the only remaining option to be that this.
perception was innate in him.
If we assume that God is perfect, then we may wonder why human beings, a.
creation of God, are created imperfect and liable to make mistakes? Since an.
imperfect creation was made by God, doesn't this mean that he is imperfect? Yet,.
Descartes claims that God gave humans no faculty for making mistakes, and we are.
constituted as a mediator between God and nothingness. The reasoning behind the.
justifications made by Descartes is related to "free will." Descartes states.
that the faculty of judgement is not infinite in human beings; human error is.
not dependent upon God but is rather a mere defect.
