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The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked?
RE: The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked?
(June 27, 2016 at 4:48 pm)SteveII Wrote:
(June 27, 2016 at 3:16 pm)Irrational Wrote: So? Still valid argument, with conclusion following logically from the premises.

Even William Lane Craig acknowledges this:




Read more: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/necessary-existence-and-the-ontological-argument#ixzz4CoByxm58

WLC was asked if the argument was fallacious. It is not (otherwise that would have been my response). You still have to deal with the fact that the argument does not argue the both that God exists and God does not exist with the same logic because P4' is not equivalent to P4 as it relates to modal logic and "necessary".

If a necessary being cannot possibly exist, then it doesn't actually exist. That's it.
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RE: The Ontological Argument - valid or debunked? - by Grandizer - June 27, 2016 at 9:52 pm

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