(March 4, 2017 at 3:57 am)TheAtheologian Wrote: I heard an argument like this:This is just semantics.
1. God is the greatest possible being.
(March 4, 2017 at 3:57 am)TheAtheologian Wrote: 2. God is a necessary being, which means that God exists in every possible world (If God exists).Non Sequitur.
(March 4, 2017 at 3:57 am)TheAtheologian Wrote: 3. If God exists in one possible world, God must logically exist in every possible world.wat
(March 4, 2017 at 3:57 am)TheAtheologian Wrote: 4. Since God is the greatest possible being, it follows that every aspect of God (being possible) exists in some possible world.Even if the 3 preceding assumptions are given, this is the same as saying that something existing at A also must exist at B, with no further information.
(March 4, 2017 at 3:57 am)TheAtheologian Wrote: 5. Therefore, God exists (in all possible worlds, including ours).I think it's bollocks and semantical toying.
I actually just structured the premises this way myself but is the same idea as an argument I heard before.
What do you think of it?
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman