RE: The Ontological Argument for the Existence of God
January 22, 2016 at 3:47 pm
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2016 at 3:47 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(January 22, 2016 at 3:28 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote:(December 12, 2015 at 1:37 pm)athrock Wrote: I have never seen this argument before, so I'm interested in some discussion of it. A philosopher by the name of Alvin Plantinga states it this way:
The Ontological Argument
- It is possible that a maximally great being exists.
- If it is possible that a maximally great being exists, then a maximally great being exists is some possible world.
- If a maximally great being exists in some possible world, then it exists in every possible world.
- If a maximally great being exists in every possible world, then it exists in the actual world.
- If a maximally great being exists in the actual world, then a maximally great being exists.
- Therefore, a maximally great being exists.
Thoughts?
1. It is possible that a maximally smelly being exists.
2. If it is possible that a maximally smelly being exists, then a maximally smelly being exists is some possible world.
3. If a maximally smelly being exists in some possible world, then it exists in every possible world.
4. If a maximally smelly being exists in every possible world, then it exists in the actual world.
5. If a maximally smelly being exists in the actual world, then a maximally smelly being exists.
6. Therefore, a maximally smelly being exists.
Explain to me the problems with this argument and why they are not the exact same problems your argument faces.
Hahaha. I always found that funny the first few times I read that "smelliness" version of the argument in TGD. Was my favorite book of all time for years, I read TGD over and over so many times the pages wore out and I could paraphrase a good deal of the book onto these forums hehe.
