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A Necessary Being?
RE: A Necessary Being?
(August 29, 2016 at 4:13 pm)TheMuslim Wrote: Is there anything wrong with a Necessary Being per se?

Is there really anything incoherent or illogical about the very concept of a Necessary Being? In other words, can anyone come up with reasons why a Necessary Being is impossible? Or have we now accepted that it is certainly possible for there to be a Necessary Being?

By "Necessary Being," I mean something that cannot not exist. In other words, "existence" is in the very essence/definition of that thing.

something cannot exist without somewhere to exist in or duration, so time and spacial dimensions seem to fit the bill nicely.



You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.




 








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A Necessary Being? - by TheMuslim - August 29, 2016 at 4:13 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Grandizer - August 29, 2016 at 4:37 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by TheMuslim - August 29, 2016 at 4:47 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by quip - August 29, 2016 at 4:44 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 29, 2016 at 5:21 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by quip - August 29, 2016 at 5:24 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by paulpablo - August 29, 2016 at 4:47 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by TheMuslim - August 29, 2016 at 4:50 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by paulpablo - August 29, 2016 at 5:37 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 29, 2016 at 4:49 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 29, 2016 at 4:51 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - August 29, 2016 at 4:53 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by TheMuslim - August 29, 2016 at 4:56 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 29, 2016 at 5:06 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by quip - August 29, 2016 at 5:11 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 30, 2016 at 8:43 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 30, 2016 at 1:43 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - August 29, 2016 at 5:00 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 29, 2016 at 5:02 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Aoi Magi - August 29, 2016 at 5:04 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - August 29, 2016 at 5:06 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - August 29, 2016 at 5:07 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Aoi Magi - August 29, 2016 at 5:12 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - August 29, 2016 at 5:11 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 29, 2016 at 5:13 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 29, 2016 at 5:23 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by TheMuslim - August 29, 2016 at 5:12 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Aoi Magi - August 29, 2016 at 5:15 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - August 29, 2016 at 5:16 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 29, 2016 at 5:19 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 29, 2016 at 5:13 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 29, 2016 at 5:16 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Aoi Magi - August 29, 2016 at 5:22 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 29, 2016 at 5:24 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - August 29, 2016 at 5:18 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 29, 2016 at 5:20 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - August 29, 2016 at 5:22 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Aoi Magi - August 29, 2016 at 5:24 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - August 29, 2016 at 5:24 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 29, 2016 at 5:24 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Aoi Magi - August 29, 2016 at 5:26 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by quip - August 29, 2016 at 5:27 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Aoi Magi - August 29, 2016 at 5:30 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by quip - August 29, 2016 at 5:32 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 29, 2016 at 5:24 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 29, 2016 at 5:31 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Aoi Magi - August 29, 2016 at 5:32 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 29, 2016 at 5:34 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 29, 2016 at 5:57 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 29, 2016 at 6:05 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Cato - August 29, 2016 at 5:48 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 29, 2016 at 5:52 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by wiploc - August 30, 2016 at 12:39 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Aoi Magi - August 30, 2016 at 12:46 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by wiploc - August 30, 2016 at 1:55 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 30, 2016 at 2:57 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 30, 2016 at 1:48 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by TheMuslim - August 30, 2016 at 3:13 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by LostLocke - August 30, 2016 at 9:03 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by wiploc - August 30, 2016 at 4:44 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 30, 2016 at 6:14 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Mister Agenda - August 31, 2016 at 9:02 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by wiploc - August 31, 2016 at 12:01 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by TheMuslim - August 30, 2016 at 11:40 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by wiploc - August 31, 2016 at 1:39 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - August 30, 2016 at 5:27 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 30, 2016 at 6:31 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Mister Agenda - August 30, 2016 at 9:09 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 30, 2016 at 10:40 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 30, 2016 at 10:45 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 31, 2016 at 8:49 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 30, 2016 at 1:52 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 30, 2016 at 6:17 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 30, 2016 at 6:48 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 30, 2016 at 7:01 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 30, 2016 at 7:16 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 30, 2016 at 11:21 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Ben Davis - August 30, 2016 at 7:20 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 30, 2016 at 8:08 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by chimp3 - August 30, 2016 at 9:07 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 30, 2016 at 9:39 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 30, 2016 at 11:30 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 30, 2016 at 11:38 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Ben Davis - August 31, 2016 at 9:05 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 31, 2016 at 4:21 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by wiploc - August 30, 2016 at 10:48 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 30, 2016 at 10:58 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 30, 2016 at 7:24 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 31, 2016 at 8:54 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - August 30, 2016 at 7:27 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 30, 2016 at 9:40 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 30, 2016 at 9:48 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 30, 2016 at 11:42 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 31, 2016 at 12:33 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Edwardo Piet - August 31, 2016 at 12:39 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Arkilogue - August 31, 2016 at 12:43 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 31, 2016 at 6:21 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - August 31, 2016 at 8:38 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 31, 2016 at 8:52 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 31, 2016 at 9:03 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 31, 2016 at 10:47 am
A Necessary Being? - by LadyForCamus - August 31, 2016 at 9:57 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 31, 2016 at 11:21 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 31, 2016 at 12:19 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 31, 2016 at 2:53 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Cato - August 31, 2016 at 3:49 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by RoadRunner79 - August 31, 2016 at 4:17 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Neo-Scholastic - September 1, 2016 at 5:59 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by wiploc - September 1, 2016 at 7:15 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - September 1, 2016 at 7:49 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Cyberman - September 1, 2016 at 10:10 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Neo-Scholastic - September 2, 2016 at 12:57 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by wiploc - September 2, 2016 at 1:14 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Gemini - September 2, 2016 at 1:14 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Angrboda - September 3, 2016 at 1:49 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 31, 2016 at 7:09 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 31, 2016 at 12:22 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 31, 2016 at 12:24 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 31, 2016 at 12:47 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Ravenshire - August 31, 2016 at 1:13 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by downbeatplumb - August 31, 2016 at 2:06 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Cato - August 31, 2016 at 4:54 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by RoadRunner79 - August 31, 2016 at 6:03 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 31, 2016 at 4:57 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by RoadRunner79 - August 31, 2016 at 6:20 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Cato - August 31, 2016 at 5:28 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 31, 2016 at 6:36 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by TheMuslim - August 31, 2016 at 6:53 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 31, 2016 at 7:18 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by wiploc - September 1, 2016 at 12:59 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by The Grand Nudger - August 31, 2016 at 7:20 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - August 31, 2016 at 8:09 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by bennyboy - September 1, 2016 at 11:37 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Gemini - September 2, 2016 at 7:36 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - September 2, 2016 at 2:51 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by bennyboy - September 2, 2016 at 3:14 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - September 2, 2016 at 6:54 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Cyberman - September 2, 2016 at 7:10 am
A Necessary Being? - by LadyForCamus - September 2, 2016 at 7:36 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Mudhammam - September 10, 2016 at 3:32 pm
A Necessary Being? - by LadyForCamus - September 2, 2016 at 7:58 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - September 3, 2016 at 1:14 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by downbeatplumb - September 3, 2016 at 3:39 am
A Necessary Being? - by LadyForCamus - September 3, 2016 at 8:20 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by robvalue - September 3, 2016 at 10:43 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Levi_Black - September 7, 2016 at 6:33 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Alex K - September 7, 2016 at 6:37 am
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Levi_Black - September 7, 2016 at 4:50 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Whateverist - September 7, 2016 at 5:29 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by ApeNotKillApe - September 7, 2016 at 4:52 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Alex K - September 7, 2016 at 4:54 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by ApeNotKillApe - September 7, 2016 at 5:05 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Alex K - September 7, 2016 at 5:24 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by ApeNotKillApe - September 7, 2016 at 6:25 pm
RE: A Necessary Being? - by Levi_Black - September 7, 2016 at 5:17 pm
A Necessary Being? - by LadyForCamus - September 7, 2016 at 6:42 pm

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