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The modal ontological argument for God
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RE: The modal ontological argument for God
(August 6, 2024 at 1:43 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: There is a possible world where I filled my cup with beer instead of gatorade - for example.

By Plantinga's "logic" -- because if it's possible it's existent -- well, you've been drunk for every football game you played in? Because if it's possible in one world, it exists in every world, no? I was stone-cold sober for my three seasons at OLB and backup WR. Drank a hell of a lot of gatorade, though. Maybe your world is different from mine, I dunno.

That's assuming multiple timelines/realities, which of course Plantinga can't demonstrate. That's because logic is a human construct used to evaluate events -- but it cannot and does not dictate events.

So a philosopher concocted a logical argument positing that if this godling can exist, he must exist. Great. Let's see how human logic stands up to brute reality. You go first.

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The modal ontological argument for God - by Disagreeable - August 6, 2024 at 9:16 am
RE: The modal ontological argument for God - by Sheldon - August 6, 2024 at 9:44 am
RE: The modal ontological argument for God - by Sheldon - August 6, 2024 at 10:52 am
RE: The modal ontological argument for God - by Sheldon - August 6, 2024 at 12:17 pm
RE: The modal ontological argument for God - by Paleophyte - August 6, 2024 at 10:49 pm
RE: The modal ontological argument for God - by Sheldon - August 6, 2024 at 12:25 pm
RE: The modal ontological argument for God - by brewer - August 6, 2024 at 4:45 pm
RE: The modal ontological argument for God - by Thumpalumpacus - August 7, 2024 at 12:10 am
RE: The modal ontological argument for God - by Nay_Sayer - August 6, 2024 at 5:05 pm
RE: The modal ontological argument for God - by Deesse23 - August 7, 2024 at 1:17 am
RE: The modal ontological argument for God - by Paleophyte - August 10, 2024 at 7:26 pm

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