Ontological Arument

Ontological Arument

1. Necessary Existence

   • God is required to exist by Definition
     • To deny his existence would be absurd
   • God is a being 'greater' than everything so therefore it is absurd to thing he wouldn't exist.
     • Anselm

2. 2 Strengths of the argument

   • It is deductive.
     • If valid it will be proof for both believer for both believer and athiest.
   • Even an Atheist can believe that the concept of God is greater than everything, even if he doesn't believe it.

3. Weakness of the Argument

   • How can God be Omniscient?
     • He cannot know out future choices due to free will.

4. The Triangle Analogy

   • The Necessary essence of a triangle is having three sides
   • The essence of perfection is existence, as it wouldn't be perfect if it didn't exist
   • The same way that the part of being a triangle is to have 3 sides, the part of being God is to exist.