Episode #030 ... Descartes pt. 3 - God Exists
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How to React to Descartes
A finite being cannot bring into existence an infinite idea. The infinite being that brought that idea into existence is what we call god. Therefore god exists. A lot of people say this is really contradictory, but it's really not as much of a contradiction as it would initially seem. Descart argues back that he doesn't rely on god to feed him non deceptive thoughts all the time. While we're attending to what he calls clear and distinct perceptions, we're so clear and distinct that we can't doubt the validity of it. We don't need god.
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