From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!nglasser
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Re: Proofs of God
Article-I.D.: yale-com.709
Posted: Sat Jan 22 04:49:53 1983
Received: Sun Jan 23 08:16:32 1983

In my philosophy class last semester we saw several 'proofs' of the existance
of God. The following one is, I believe, due to Anselm (though I could be
mistaken):

If God's existence is possible, then God's existence is necessary.

[What this means is that if God exists in some possible world (possible),
then due to the properties of God, e.g. perfection and the like, then God
must exist in all possible worlds (necessary).]

Certainly God's existence is possible, so God's existence is necessary. QED.

				     Nathan Glasser
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