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Ontological Limericks
December 21, 2016 at 6:50 am
On another forum this fellow kept trying to get me to respond to his cheesy ontological arguments. I sarcastically called his arguments "little limericks". This week I have pondered this and realized ontological arguments are as valid as limericks. So I wrote one and invite you all to do the same.
With Ontology a god is proposed
Using logic that is loosely composed
Replace but one word
With one more absurd
And a Teapot is easily imposed
This may be the worst thing I have ever posted so I expect some rotten eggs.
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RE: Ontological Limericks
December 21, 2016 at 7:00 am
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(December 21, 2016 at 6:50 am)chimp3 Wrote: This may be the worst thing I have ever posted so I expect some rotten eggs.
Don't worry bro, it can hardly be worse than mine I just wrote:
"The greatest being of which I can imagine,
that makes as little sense as the Genie of Aladdin,
The being is even greater if it is existent,
and if from logic I am clearly distant
So duh it must exist because non-sequitur.
And when it comes to making sense I need intensive care.
...in other news I'm biased and obsessed with a supernatural authority
...and I clearly fail to realize that existence is not a property."
[Yes I know I can't even do syllables, lol].
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RE: Ontological Limericks
December 21, 2016 at 7:20 am
You need to learn how syllables work, dude.
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RE: Ontological Limericks
December 21, 2016 at 8:11 am
Anslem the most sanctimonius,
Had a theory that sounded harmonius.
Nine hundred years later,
A perfect creator,
Is intellectually erroneous.
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RE: Ontological Limericks
December 21, 2016 at 8:18 am
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I know how they work but that requires counting and effort lol.
Silly bulls?!
Blackadder’s Christmas Carol Wrote:Prince: Well, I must say, Bladder, that was damn clever!
Edmund: Yes, another great Christmas tradition: explaining the rules eight times to the Thicky Twins. The round hasn't in fact started yet. It's got to be a specific book. For instance, if it was The Bible, I would go like that [holding up two fingers] to indicate that there are two syllables in it...
Prince: Two what?
Edmund: Two syllables.
Prince: Two silly bulls? I don't think so, Blackadder -- not in The Bible. I can remember a fatted calf, but, as I recall, that was quite a sensible animal. Oh, ah! It's it, um, er, Noah's Ark, with the, er, two pigs, two ants, and two silly bulls? Is that it?
Edmund: Two syllables.
Prince: What?
Edmund: Look, we’re getting confused; let’s start again, shall we?
Prince: No, let’s not, Blackadder. I think the whole game’s getting a bit sylla, to be honest. How about a nice Christmas story instead?
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RE: Ontological Limericks
December 21, 2016 at 9:21 am
My god's got a ton of omnipotence,
and solid amount of omniscience.
But some dude yelled "whence
Omni-benevolence"
And theodicy killed my adherence!
(yes yes yes I know the minor rhyme is the same as the major rhyme but it still works when read in limerick meter  )
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RE: Ontological Limericks
December 21, 2016 at 11:36 am
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*ignores OP title completely*
There was a young lad from D.C.
Who pondered a deep mystery.
He said, "I'll never know
If to heav'n I'll go,
But I know the priest oft comes in me."
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RE: Ontological Limericks
December 21, 2016 at 11:37 am
"There once was a man from Nantucket......"
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RE: Ontological Limericks
December 21, 2016 at 10:43 pm
(December 21, 2016 at 7:00 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: (December 21, 2016 at 6:50 am)chimp3 Wrote: This may be the worst thing I have ever posted so I expect some rotten eggs.
Don't worry bro, it can hardly be worse than mine I just wrote:
"The greatest being of which I can imagine,
that makes as little sense as the Genie of Aladdin,
The being is even greater if it is existent,
and if from logic I am clearly distant
So duh it must exist because non-sequitur.
And when it comes to making sense I need intensive care.
...in other news I'm biased and obsessed with a supernatural authority
...and I clearly fail to realize that existence is not a property."
[Yes I know I can't even do syllables, lol].
That was so bad it was almost good. Almost.
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RE: Ontological Limericks
December 21, 2016 at 11:39 pm
(December 21, 2016 at 10:43 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: (December 21, 2016 at 7:00 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: Don't worry bro, it can hardly be worse than mine I just wrote:
"The greatest being of which I can imagine,
that makes as little sense as the Genie of Aladdin,
The being is even greater if it is existent,
and if from logic I am clearly distant
So duh it must exist because non-sequitur.
And when it comes to making sense I need intensive care.
...in other news I'm biased and obsessed with a supernatural authority
...and I clearly fail to realize that existence is not a property."
[Yes I know I can't even do syllables, lol].
That was so bad it was almost good. Almost. A.H. is always good!
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!
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