'I Think, Therefore God Exists' | The Ontological Argument (AFG #5)

The Ontological Argument, as presented by thinkers such as Anselm, Descartes, Malcolm and Lane Craig, attempts to prove the existence of God using reason alone. It's a rare example of a deductive argument in favour of God that references no empiricism, but does it hold up?

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[HolyKoolaid]

Can a Muslim god create a bacon cheeseburger so baconey that he can't eat it?

[GeneticallyModifiedSkeptic]

Two Cosmic Skeptic videos in 24 hours? The gods have smiled upon us all! er...you know what I mean.

[kendehl]

Apologist: God is beyond comprehension.

Also Apologist: I understand God.

[thehound]

Philosophy of religion should be a requirement for all students. Logical arguments and their construction train the mind to be spectacular.

[CosmicSkeptic]

The ontological argument. More like the onto-not-so-logical argument, am I right?

Anyone?

[SNIPERSHOT]

"To Christopher hitchens losing a debate" hahaha classic

[russmoose]

It's more like "If God could possibly exist, then he must certainly exist."

[bruceshand]

"...to Christopher Hitchens losing a debate is theoretically possible though logically incoherent..."
Precious.

[laughinghaunter]

a married bachelor can exist if bachelor is the family name.

[Constantstate]

This poorly reasoned and childish argument simply attempts to "wish" god into being. Hitch's razor applies... "That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence".

[timiadefolu]

You just covered 20% if my alevel philosophy exam lol you’re better than my teacher

[syd]

Quick solution if presented with the argument:
"I can imagine a universe where there is no god, all events occur from natural events and random chance. If god is omnipotent and must therefor exist in all possible universes then by the fact of one universe not containing god, that must mean none do."

Simple, just use their own circular logic against them. That is the eternal flaw of arguments based in circular logic.

[Brickerbrack]

"I can imagine something, therefore it is real."

[MarkPalmerISP]

I still can't wrap my head around how the ontological argument persuades anyone who has graduated high school.

[SpaveFrostKing]

You can imagine a world where I have all perfections. Existence is a perfection. A being with all perfections is god. Therefore, I am god.

[Andrea-ysgv]

It would be so fucking scary if ostriches could fly

[kresimirbozic]

Can Jesus microwave a burrito so hot, that he himself could not eat it?

[mariochartouni]

0:29 an omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent being that helps starving children is greater than God, but isn't God. Ontological argument refuted.

[Wveth]

Did you really say "If God exists, then there would be an objective moral standard"?

That's bunk. There would be God's subjective moral standard, and he would definitely have the power to enforce it, but that's about it.

[zchowdhury]

You are one of the most amazing YouTuber i have come across, really love the way you present your argument so simply, precisely and accurately!