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What do you think of this argument for God?

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RE: What do you think of this argument for God?

March 18, 2017 at 2:18 am (This post was last modified: March 18, 2017 at 2:18 am by masterofpuppets.)

The ontological argument simply defines god as the "greatest possible being" and then presupposes that this definition is equivalent to that of a deity, when it isn't. It hasn't been demonstrated what the greatest possible being is or could be. The greatest possible "being" could just be the Universe, for example. In other words, the argument fails from the first premise.

"Faith is the excuse people give when they have no evidence."
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