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The modal ontological argument for God

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The modal ontological argument for God
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RE: The modal ontological argument for God
August 10, 2024 at 8:57 pm
(August 6, 2024 at 9:16 am)Disagreeable Wrote: Modal Ontological Argument
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P1. If a god is possible it exists in every possible world
P2. If a god exists in every possible world then it would exist in this world as this world is possible
C. God exists

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My response to this argument is that just because God is logically possible it doesn't make God metaphysically possible. So we can just ask for a justification for why God is metaphysically possible.

Evolutionary psychology does away with 'god' a priori. It can provide a theory for the evolution of the idea of 'god' as an artefact of the strategic development of homo sapiens. This provides a counter argument the concept of 'god' existing independent of experience by redefining what we understand to be our knowledge of 'god'.
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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 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
RE: The modal ontological argument for God - by CuriosityBob - August 10, 2024 at 8:57 pm

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