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198: The Proslogion

Classical Stuff You Should Know

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The Ontological Argument Isn't Convincing

"I don't think that this is the proof that will bring people into the fold, right? I think it's cool to think about once you are already in or even fun to think about," he says. "It just doesn't again, imagine you go to your, like, the most anti religious person you know in your life and wo wo i'm going to prove to you that god really exists." But then ask them to say why? And they'll have a hard time saying why. 'Because as a self contained argument, it's pretty bang on,' he adds. "'If only corporal things can perceive, because the senses exist in a body and are directed toward towards

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