The Ontological Argument

1. what did descartes add to ont arg?

he could no more think of God without existence than he could think of a triangle without three sides
God is like a triangle
It was logical to think of the concept of God without the concept of existence

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1. God is TTWHCGBC 2. God is an idea in the mind 3. better to exist in mind and reality than in mind alone 4. if God only exists in mind we can imagine something better that does exist 5. this contradicts gods definition 6. God exists
1. there is so much beauty design and purpose in world 2. it cant have all happened by chance 3. must have been designed and created 4. god is only being powerful enough to do this 5. god therefore exists
1. everything in universe has a cause 2. universe must have a cause 3. must be something which cause universe but was not caused itself 4. God is uncaused cause 5. God exists

God is the greatest conceivable being, the greatest conceivable being should exist so God exists
1. self existence cant come into being at fixed point in time 2. self existence does not end and is not contingent upon anything else 3. GCB must have self existence 4. GCB (God) must therefore exist
1. a watch has been designed 2. the universe has been designed 3. god is the designer 4. god exists

If God created the universe who created God?
you would be foolish to believe that a perfect island existed somewhere just because of its perfection
God is not the greatest conceivable being