RE: On Santa Claus
October 12, 2012 at 3:38 am
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2012 at 3:39 am by Tea Earl Grey Hot.)
The Santa-ontological argument!
Our understanding of Santa is a gift giver than which no greater gift giver can be conceived.
The idea of Santa exists in the mind.
A gift giver which exists both in the mind and in reality is greater than a gift giver that exists only in the mind.
If Santa only exists in the mind, then we can conceive of a greater gift giver—that which exists in reality.
We cannot be imagining something that is greater than Santa.
Therefore, Santa exists.
Our understanding of Santa is a gift giver than which no greater gift giver can be conceived.
The idea of Santa exists in the mind.
A gift giver which exists both in the mind and in reality is greater than a gift giver that exists only in the mind.
If Santa only exists in the mind, then we can conceive of a greater gift giver—that which exists in reality.
We cannot be imagining something that is greater than Santa.
Therefore, Santa exists.
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"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).