The Ontological Argument for the Existence of God

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Camus: Wow, if you've not heard of the atheist experience, you're in for a treat! Click here for an archive of loads of their shows, going back several years. There's enough to keep you going for ages, and at the beginning of many of the shows (after the announcements) there are really good segments by the hosts covering various subjects. One of my favourites is Don Baker and his "Failures of Christianity" series. You can also find clips all over YouTube.

I have links here to loads of other atheist type materials you may not have heard of before.

As for solipsism, yeah I really need to do a video. Thanks for the link, I'll check it out! I just had a quick flick through it, and I don't know what point he is making. It appears unassailable, and he seems to admit that, but then goes on to try and assail it anyway. There's not too many people that actually claim to be solipsists; I would deem them as being as unfounded as those who deny solipsism is possible. If he's just aiming at those people, he has a point, although an extremely laboriously made one. I'll check it out properly later.

It's both one of the most fundamental questions we can ask, and also the most useless. I don't propose solipsism is true, nor do I assume it is false. I accept it's impossible to know. "Is this real?" is the question , and there is no answer. As far as I can see, there will never be an answer. Any criteria I come up with for testing what is "real" may just be part of a delusion. It goes for something as simple as dreaming, you don't even need a brain in a vat. Is this a dream? I say it's impossible to tell.

It's very interesting (to me at least) but the obvious pragmatic approach is to assume it is false. Even if it is true, here we are, and we still have to deal with this "reality". Most people I guess won't even think about it, and if they do, they instantly dismiss it as pointless to think about. And practically speaking, it is. It's just I have a fiercely analytical brain and I can't help pondering questions like this.

Trying to prove solipsism to be true is as pointless and impossible as trying to prove it false. I don't see how it could be done.