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Ontological Arguments - A Comprehensive Refutation
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RE: Ontological Arguments - A Comprehensive Refutation
Well I read it - all Cool Shades

Not that I understood it but I did my best.

I have a number of questions with regard to the Ontological Argument which may or may not have already been covered by what you've written. These are:

What defines what is actually possible in any given universe and what is not? How do we know God is possible in any universe? Is it, for example, possible in another universe that Scooby Doo is a living creature with all of the characteristics of the cartoon character? Same for Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck et al.

If we assume that there is a possible universe where God exists can we also assume that there is a possible universe where he doesn't? If there is a universe that exists without God then that universe was not created by him. If its possible for there to be a universe without God the creator then no universe needs a creator and therefore God doesn't exist in any possible universe.

Even if there is a universe where God exists how does he get from there to here? Surely, if he can visit any universe (omnipresence) then there can't be a single universe without him, but, some of those possible universes weren't created by him so he isn't really God there.

Actually there are about a dozen more of these but I think they are all on similar lines. I am probably making all sorts of false arguments (argument from ????). Perhaps you could point a few of them out?
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RE: Ontological Arguments - A Comprehensive Refutation - by max-greece - March 13, 2014 at 2:28 am

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