(May 19, 2014 at 12:34 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: You seem to believe in an ontological reality to greatness. A lot of atheists see greatness as a perception and a subjective value rather then an actual property of reality or a being.I'm just going to add something here which is that having a limited perception of yourself such as that we as human beings are not worthy of having god-like powers of immortality and such and to make the best of this life we have is just what this inferior life "wants" you to think. Through its "inferior" concepts (such as not being immortal, no God, this life being full of problems, etc.), this life "wants" you to have such a limited perspective of yourself. But whatever perception that you give yourself makes you who you are. Therefore, if you give yourself a superior god-like perception of yourself that is worthy of these things, then this is who you would be. Which is why I have chosen to defy what perception this life "wants" me to have with a perception of my own that makes me superior and worthy of those things. And this perception actually makes me feel empowered (not distress).
If you believe it's an actually property, I offer the following argument.
All possible levels and instances of greatness require a basis.
The only possible basis to all possible levels and instance of greatness is ultimate greatness.
Greatness exists in reality and is not simply a matter of subjective perception.
Therefore ultimate greatness exists.
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