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Friday, October 2, 2009

The Ontological Argument

"[God is] that than which nothing greater can be conceived."
-Anslem of Canterbury (c. 1033-1109)

Interesting little argument. If God is that than which nothing greater can be conceived, God must logically exist if He can be conceived.

Not convinced?

If God doesn't exist that means the mind can conceive of something greater than God (for fun, we'll call it Zeus). Logically, the only quality Zeus contains that God doesn't is the attribute of existence. It stands to reason, therefore, that God exists.

-Caleb Williams

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