The Modal Ontological Argument - Without Modal Logic

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And contrary to what our entrepid Christian/Muslim friends would have us believe, Dawkins' objection to the (I think?) ontological argument quoted above is actually hitting on the right path, which admittedly isn't always the case with Dawkins. It's generally seen as problematic by philosophers since Immanuel Kant (himself a devout Christian) to try and use modal logic (namely axiom S5, which Plantinga's argument uses) to try and say something about metaphysics. In fact, analytic philosophy in general has, for the last 70-ish years, effectively abandoned metaphysics because it is generally seen as vacuous unless it is taking in the newest science, among other things. Metaphysics can be interesting (and difficult), but divorced from the evidence of the actual world we experience, analytic philosophers are more tempted to see it as... well, maybe not exactly mental ejaculation but at least extremely uncertain throughout.