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The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked?

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The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked?
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RE: The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked?
June 21, 2016 at 12:01 am
(June 20, 2016 at 11:29 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I don't think you understand, what is meant by possible here, and in regards to possible worlds.   This is saying that it is logically possible or that there isn't a logical reason to reject it.  It is an argument from pure reason

There is a logical reason to reject the premise: "maximally great being" is a logically incoherent concept and such a being could never actually exist.

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RE: The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked? - by Esquilax - June 21, 2016 at 12:01 am

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