(S) - Alvin Plantinga

Question 1

we are able to imagine a number of alternative worlds if God’s existence is necessary he must..

Answer 1

Exist in them all and have all the characteristics of God in them all

Question 2

God is both

Answer 2

Maximally great and maximally excellent

Question 3

what did he propose

Answer 3

• there exists a world where there is beings on maximum greatness
• a being on maximum excellence is omnipotent, omniscient and benevolent in all worlds

Question 4

Problem his argument

Answer 4

it only succeeds in showing that God is possible in all worlds not that he is actual in all possible worlds
- could exist a being on maximum evil in all worlds, so doesn’t prove the exclusiveness of an omnipotent God