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why things are rather than not...and necessary existence

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why things are rather than not...and necessary existence
Taqiyya Mockingbird Offline
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RE: why things are rather than not...and necessary existence
June 16, 2012 at 11:28 pm
(June 16, 2012 at 10:12 pm)cato123 Wrote: This is simply a form of the ontological argument.

Refutation: http://www.paul-almond.com/ModalOntologicalArgument.htm

Without the detail found in the attached refutation, I find it disingenuous to say all things need an explanation, but not god (god is its own explanation is the same as saying god does not require an explanation).

It is a Special Pleading Fallacy. Everything needs an explanation/creator/etc, gawd is that explanation, but gawd doesn't need an explanation/cause, cause I said so. By fiat.

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RE: why things are rather than not...and necessary existence - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - June 16, 2012 at 11:28 pm

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