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The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked?

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The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked?
Edwardo Piet Away
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RE: The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked?
June 26, 2016 at 12:22 pm
(June 26, 2016 at 11:59 am)MysticKnight Wrote:
Quote:ST THOMAS AQUINAS' ARGUMENT FROM PERFECTION, GOODNESS OR VALUE, a.k.a. ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (IV)
(1) We rank things as more or less perfect, or good or valuable.
(2) If this ranking is false and meaningless, then souls don't really have any more perfection than slugs.
(3) Therefore, there must be an ultimate standard of perfection for this ranking or all our value judgments are meaningless.
(4) Our value judgments are not meaningless.
(5) God is the ultimate standard of perfection.
(6) Therefore, God exists.

This is a perfect argument. What is wrong with it?

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RE: The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked? - by Edwardo Piet - June 26, 2016 at 12:22 pm

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