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What do you think of this argument for God?
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RE: What do you think of this argument for God?
(March 8, 2017 at 1:05 am)Godschild Wrote: As you can see by my questions I have serious doubt.

GC

And there you have it, folks. The ontological argument fails to convince a theist that it is even valid, let alone sound.

I honestly do find it rather fascinating that theistic philosophers keep trying to revive the damn thing, considering how dead on arrival it was and how little persuasive power it possesses today. Hell, even Thomas Aquinas rejected it as nonsense, though his personal justification was a bit suspect, since he had to find a way to kick it to the curb without also hobbling his own attempts to prove God's existence through philosophy.

It's like if Frankenstein insisted on building his monster out of only the worst parts available, and when the tortured, misshapen thing lurched out of the laboratory only to promptly collapse on the doorstep, stone dead, he kept trying to drag it back onto the slab for another go. It's kind of sad, and a bit funny, and honestly just completely boggling.
"Owl," said Rabbit shortly, "you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it."
  - A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
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RE: What do you think of this argument for God? - by Nonpareil - March 8, 2017 at 1:44 am
RE: What do you think of this argument for God? - by Sal - March 17, 2017 at 7:37 am

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