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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: one_less who wrote (21187)7/13/2005 3:57:00 PM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (2) of 28931
 
Gem, you notice a wave of hostility and insults here today? What gives?

BTW, ever heard of "Anselm's Proof"? Here it is, offered for entertainment, discussion, whatever (but without editorial attachment on my part).

To be proved: God exists.

Proof by reductio ad absurdum

1. The Fool asserts that God does not exist.

2. What is called "God" is "a being than which no greater can be conceived."

3. The Fool agrees that "a being than which no greater can be conceived" exists in the mind, since he understands the words.

4. To say that "a being than which no greater can be conceived" does not exist is to say that such a being is only an idea--it does not exist in the mind and in reality.

5. But such a being, which exists in the mind alone, is in fact "a being than which a greater can be conceived" since it is greater to exist in both mind and reality than just mind alone.

6. So, the Fool believes that "a being than which no greater can be conceived" is "a being than which a greater can be conceived" which is impossible.

7. Therefore, since "a being than which no greater can be conceived" cannot exist in the mind alone (because that is self-contradictory) such a being must exist in both mind and reality.

8. Therefore, God exists.

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