RE: Why not deism?
September 26, 2019 at 2:28 pm
(This post was last modified: September 26, 2019 at 3:44 pm by Simon Moon.)
(September 26, 2019 at 1:58 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Not true. The modal ontological is successful.
Successful at what? Certainly not proving the existence of a god.
Not to mention, that many philosophers do not even accept S5 modal logic.
Premise 1: It is possible that God exists.
How does one come to the conclusion, that it is even possible that a god exists? It may in fact, not be possible.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
