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Old 05-13-2005, 08:02 AM   #30
ocmpoma
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" 1) Nothing can exist without cause. Anything that exists must have to exist, or it wouldnt.
2) An absolute God exists (that's right guys, a proof by contradiction)
3) There can be no higher order than an absolute god by definition of absolute.
4) there must be a reason for the absolute God to exist by #1.
5) there must be a higher order than the absolute God due to the existance of a reason for its existence.
6) contradiction between 5 and 3.
7) An absolute God doesn't exist by contradiction."
Note - 1) changed from 'purpose' to 'cause' as specified by MM.

Part two of 1) is an incorrect assumption. While it is correct that if something does exist, there is a 100% probability of its existing, this does not mean that the fact of its existence is required by the mere fact that it does exist. It is easy to postulate scenarios in which any given object's existence is not necessary - even when said object does exist.
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