(August 14, 2012 at 12:57 pm)CliveStaples Wrote: 1) The argument doesn't have to show that a Necessary Being is possible. It only has to show that a subset of a respondent's indicated beliefs, if true, imply that a Necessary Being exists.
Sure, I get that, but what I'm saying, if for example the Christian God is logically possible, so then is another type of God...What makes the Christian God possible but not another type as far as logical possibility goes?
Quote:2) The argument doesn't say anything about the number of Necessary Beings that exist. If you are claiming that the argument implies that multiple Necessary Beings exist, please demonstrate it.
Well it doesn't imply a necessary being exists either if you don't take the premise a necessary being is possible. But given people's beliefs, then they should by this logic believe in multiple necessary beings.
If a Creator is logically possible, then different types of a Creator seem to be logically possible or at least seem that way. So if a person accepts a Christian God is possible as a necessary being, then he can accept the Hindu Brahman as a possible necessary being.
And due to this, it would mean all such Creators have to exist per this person's belief....
