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Strengths and Weaknesses of
the Ontological Argument
- Strengths
- Deductive and Analytic
- a priori
- It appeals to scientific people
- a priori
- If you agree with the original statement, 'God is Greater
than everything' (paraphrased quote) it is logical.
- Starting Point, definition is understandable to everyone.
- Then you have to agree or disagree with it.
- Then you have to agree or disagree with it.
- Deductive and Analytic
- Weaknesses
- If you do not agree with the statement, The Argument, it falls apart.
- No evidence that God exists
- If you can define it doesn't means it exists.
- If you can define it doesn't means it exists.
- Russell/Kant
- You have to proof that something exists before you add
exist as a quality/predicate of them.
- You have to proof that something exists before you add
exist as a quality/predicate of them.
- Process Theodicy believers
- Just because you imagine something (like
unicorns/island) doesn't mean it exists
- If you do not agree with the statement, The Argument, it falls apart.
- Ontological vs Religious Experience
- Ontological
- based on 1 Statement
- Same but 'different' examples
- a priori
- Logical, Mathematical
- Definition can be Evaluated, etc.
- based on 1 Statement
- Religious Experience
- A posteriori
- Different types of Religious Experience
- No proof except for self.
- A posteriori
- Ontological
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