Ontological Argument

Question 1

Strengths of the Ontological Argument

Answer 1

There is no need for empirical evidence to prove Gods existence

Question 2

Strengths of the Ontological Argument

Answer 2

A strength of an priori argument is that if you accept the premise then the conclusion must be true as it is logically necessary

Question 3

Strengths of the Ontological Argument

Answer 3

God must ,by definition , exist . To accept on the one hand that God is “ than which nothing greater can be conceived “ and to say God doesn’t exists is it make a logical error

Question 4

Strengths of the Ontological Argument

Answer 4

The argument is intellectually stimulating and logically satisfying

Question 5

Strengths of the Ontological Argument

Answer 5

It forces the believer to consider carefully what they mean by the term God

Question 6

Strengths of the Ontological Argument

Answer 6

Plantinga: He starts his argument with a scientific hypothesis and so avoids the immediate problems associated with existence as a predicate and the rejection of the definition- is he only delaying it?

Question 7

Strengths of the Ontological Argument

Answer 7

If the multiverse theory is proved correct then Plantinga’s argument becomes mathematically and logically sound.