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Because I say. Would you prefer imagine a possible world without god? Same as.

Indeed; if one, why not many.

I don't know what to make of that. The advantage of possible world semantics is that it gives us a grammar in which we can make sense of modal argumen...

Well, no. See God and Other Necessary Beings

How to parse God exists in every possible world, in some possible world? But that's 's just "god exists in every possible world" and the argument beco...

Yep.

And that would be a mere retort, not an argument. No, they would have to argue that there cannot be a possible world in which god does not exist; that...

The thread is here because I have the gut feeling that there must be something wrong with the argument in the OP; it's just too obvious. But I don't s...

I tried to pars it in terms of possible worlds, but became stuck at "obtain"; is that just "is true"? Or is it "Exists? Or something else?

I can't follow that. Do you mean that a necessary god is one that exist in every possible world? Not sure what to make of "obtain" here,

A simplification of your post.

Glossolalia has more to do with epilepsy than philosophy.

And you are no comedian.

But I did present a reply. You said: Which I showed is false by assigning a moral value to science; by doing exactly what you said could not be done. ...

Meh; if you think being ignorant is better than being knowledgeable, then I'll not argue with you. There would be no point.

You appear to be claiming I am wrong while agreeing with my analysis. Not sure how that is supposed to work. Try reading the OP again, perhaps, and no...

The conclusion was that agnosticism is valid, not that it is reasonable. Nor I think is pragmatism to do with happiness so much as mere utility. Were ...

Ah, but we are at cross purposes, since I was talking of the philosophy of religion forum, not the philosophy forum. The OP is an exploration of a few...

Indeed, folk believe all sorts of inconsistent things.

You have evidence for this? I said: Run your eye down the list at https://thephilosophyforum.com/categories/7/philosophy-of-religion and show me I'm w...

I set. up another thread an agnosticism.

Moral Considerations Let's suppose that there is a god, and further that god's will is write in such a way as to be undeniable, as clear as day, so to...

I can go along with that.

Ah, fixed.

That's were my argument came from. And it hopefully avoids the ensuing madness that afflicted him.

There's a embryonic third section to the OP, dealing with morality, that might go some way to addressing this. It's interesting that diverse philosoph...

Indeed. Medieval Christianity borrowed the arguments from Islam. They had to, since they had destroyed the Classical culture that was their own stoa. ...

Of course. But look at Philosophy of Religion. Without discussion of the arguments, it would be barren. (Arguably, it is barren with that discussion.)...

Indeed, that's one such argument. There are many, my aim was to articulate something they have in common: they introduce more problems than they salve...

Fear of expertise. So you in effect advocate the evaluation of an argument by those who do not take time to understand it. Et tu, . Yes, one ought kee...

That's a neat reply to '. I'd add that the more sophisticated the arguments become, the less convincing they are.

On consideration, it's the emphasis that counts: Agnosticism is, therefore, a valid form of belief; as opposed, I suppose, to a valid form of knowledg...

You and I might be the only ones here who recall those names....

Both are a play a play on Russell's "In praise of idleness" - an essay you should read. It's three degrees centigrade outside, so rather than doing Th...

It was a reply to Nonblack Raven, and Gassendi, of loving memory; from the previous incarnation of this forum, dated to August 2004.

Consistency of the notion of god God is, on Anselm's account, something a greater than which cannot be conceived. It would be worth taking some time t...

That post was cut from a thread now lost in the depths of time, and I'm not going back to look at what it was a reply to.

What do you think?

https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/11349/conceiving-of-agnosticism I'll move the discussion elsewhere, as I would prefer to keep this thread fo...

The chosen turn of phrase was to contrast atheism and agnosticism, not theism and agnosticism. So no fucks given on my part.

Arguments for the existence of god The basic argument is that if these were successful, there would be far more theist philosophers. Logicians have gi...

See the article Isaac linked to.

Doubtless the snowflakes will complain about free speech and deplatforming.

Low voter turnout was the nominal reason for the introduction of compulsory voting.

Have a listen to this interview: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/canberra-capers-with-laura-tingle/13432428 Depressing stu...

By way of reiterating Tom's posts, psychiatry calls it antisocial personality disorder. Sure, they are not all serial killers, but the traits they exh...

Then there is nothing for it; we must all join the Liberal Party. If they are going to stay in power, the only option is to change their policies.

Meh. The physicists have an explanation in terms of asymptote causation - there's a paper on it by Stephen Hawking. Preceding causes occur in shorter ...

Cuttingly accurate; but alternately and as well, there's a habit of obsequiousness, together with a pretence of disrespect for authority. I blame the ...