P| 1. Definition: God is that being than which no greater being can be conceived.
P| 2. God exists in the mind (we think of God).
A| 3.Assume God exists only in the mind but not in reality (Atheism)
3 4. Then we can conceive of a being just like God but which also exists in reality.
P | 5. Existence is perfection. If two things are alike in all respects except the first exists in reality and the second does not, then the first is greater than the second. 4,5| 6. We can conceive of a being greater than God.
1,6| 7. We can conceive of a being greater than that being than which no greater being can be conceived (CONTRADICTION). …show more content…
People today and people 300 years ago have looked towards religion, and god specifically to answer the un-questionable. The Ontological Argument is a deductive argument that attempts to show that its premises lead to a logical conclusion, which can’t be doubted. Philosophers have attempted to show that the phrase “God Exists” is a logical statement in that it is logically impossible for it not to be the case, just as it is impossible for a bachelor to not be an unmarried man. The ontological argument proves gods existence because of its apriori …show more content…
To prove God exists, we assume that he does not exist. An objection to this idea states that “does being real make something greater or better?” This is not obvious it does, which Challenges premise 5. However, existence does seem to make better. For example take a racecar; someone can create a racecar that is better than any other car. Nevertheless, not all things that exist are good; take tornados or childhood disease for example. Both of these things exist but they are not good things. Therefore saying that “Existence is perfect” Is not true because not everything that exists is