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Plantiga's ontological argument.
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RE: Plantiga's ontological argument.
April 29, 2012 at 12:59 pm
One weakness of this argument is that which "Necessary Being" is possible.

If more then one necessary being is possible, then different necessary beings all must exist, by this proposition.

So a Punishing Wrathful Creator is logically possible just must as a Merciful Forgiving Creator.

Yet both must exist by this argument.

I honestly been thinking about this, and I think the problem really lies in the word "possible" and I think the standard rules of logic applied to language don't apply to it.

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Plantiga's ontological argument. - by MysticKnight - November 8, 2011 at 6:28 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by toro - November 12, 2011 at 11:26 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by Justtristo - November 13, 2011 at 7:13 am
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by fr0d0 - November 13, 2011 at 11:06 am
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by toro - November 13, 2011 at 12:34 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by fr0d0 - November 13, 2011 at 1:02 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by MysticKnight - November 13, 2011 at 4:30 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by frankiej - November 13, 2011 at 4:35 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by The Grand Nudger - November 13, 2011 at 6:04 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by toro - November 13, 2011 at 10:32 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by MysticKnight - November 15, 2011 at 12:09 am
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by toro - November 16, 2011 at 12:17 am
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by MysticKnight - November 16, 2011 at 1:34 am
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by toro - November 18, 2011 at 4:42 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by IATIA - November 18, 2011 at 5:18 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by MysticKnight - April 29, 2012 at 12:59 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by simplexity - April 29, 2012 at 5:49 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by padraic - April 29, 2012 at 7:19 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by Welsh cake - April 30, 2012 at 3:19 pm
RE: Plantiga's ontological argument. - by toro - May 5, 2012 at 9:40 am

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