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A 21st Century Ontological Argument: does it work.
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RE: A 21st Century Ontological Argument: does it work.
January 8, 2024 at 10:32 pm
(January 8, 2024 at 9:42 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Why should there be only one ‘necessarily existent being’? Why not two of them? Why not a zillion?

Even more difficult for the argument: why would ANY being necessarily exist? For all we know, the existence of every being is contingent on the existence of every other being.

Boru

Well, for one thing, Ockham's Razor would seem to "shave off" the necessity of postulating more than one.
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RE: A 21st Century Ontological Argument: does it work. - by JJoseph - January 8, 2024 at 10:32 pm

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