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The '''argument from desire''' is an argument for the existence of [[God]]. The argument was widely used by noted [[Christian Apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[C. S. Lewis]].
The argument, as summarized by [[Peter Kreeft]], can be expressed as follows:
#Every natural, innate desire in us corresponds to some real object that can satisfy that desire.
#But there exists in us a desire which nothing in time, nothing on earth, no creature can satisfy.
#Therefore there must exist something more than time, earth and creatures, which can satisfy this desire.
#This something is what people call "God" and "life with God forever."
== Links ==
* Kreeft, Peter and Ronald Tacelli. ''The Handbook of Christian Apologetics''. 1994. [http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/desire.htm]
[[category:Arguments for the existence of God]]
The argument, as summarized by [[Peter Kreeft]], can be expressed as follows:
#Every natural, innate desire in us corresponds to some real object that can satisfy that desire.
#But there exists in us a desire which nothing in time, nothing on earth, no creature can satisfy.
#Therefore there must exist something more than time, earth and creatures, which can satisfy this desire.
#This something is what people call "God" and "life with God forever."
== Links ==
* Kreeft, Peter and Ronald Tacelli. ''The Handbook of Christian Apologetics''. 1994. [http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/desire.htm]
[[category:Arguments for the existence of God]]