1. I have, within my understanding, and idea of God
2. This idea of God is the diea of the greatest possible being
3. A being is greater if it exists in reality than if it exists only in understanding
4. If God exists in the understanding alone, then a greater being can be conceived, namely, one that also exists in reality
5. But premise 4 is a contradiction, for it says I can conceive of a greater being than the greatest conceivable being
6. So if I have an idea of the greatest conceivable being, such a being must exist both in my understanding and in reality
7. Therefore, God exists in reality
8. And since TKD540 was able to put such a rational argument, he is a genius.
2007-03-31
18:06:58
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