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The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked?
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RE: The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked?
I take issue with the concept of god being necessary. The video posted above highlights the absurdity of it - following the structure of the argument you can claim that anything is possible and possibly necessary without support. I think giant space faring whales who shoot Skittles out of their blowholes are possible and possibly necessary. Therefore they're necessary. Therefore it exists.

Do you see the absurdity? You can't just pull anything out of your ass, apply modal logic to it, and then say "Ta da!" You still need to demonstrate that these creatures aren't just possible, but that they're possibly necessary. Ultimately, you can't logic something into existence.
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RE: The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked? - by KevinM1 - June 19, 2016 at 10:49 am

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