"The Greatest Conceivable Being"

[Neochristian]

I'm not a fan of greatest concievable being, it relies too much on things wich wouldn't make something great, or are value judgements.

Plus you can't argue something into existance, either it exists or it doesn't.

for me issues with things are greatest good, good is a value judgement, it's something is good or bad, but not inheriently good or bad, also it's a value judgement that good is better then evil, I agree, but if were saying something is the greatest good because it's the greatest concievable being then you have to explain why these things would be inherient, and it fails to me.

also it relies on existance being a property, but it doesn't make sense to me.

What about an argument. You can argue an argument into existence. What if God's an argument?

 

[loveofourlord]

There was a fun argument against god that uses this same logic.

would you consider someone that does something with a handicap greater then someone that doesn't? behtoven was a greater pianist compared to simularly skilled ones because he was deaf and such, so having a handicap makes you greater all things equal, god is the greatest being so therefore has to have the greatest handicap, a god that doesn't exist, but managed to create the universe is greater then one that exists and did it, therefore god doesn't exist.

 

[Eudaimonist]

What about an argument. You can argue an argument into existence. What if God's an argument?

Then atheism is correct. Any time "God" merely becomes a creation of the human mind, as arguments are, the atheists are right that there isn't any intelligent creator of physical reality.


eudaimonia,

Mark