Ontological Argument Analysis

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The idea of god as reader such as myself is very interesting. When doing this reading i had to my bias opinions away and think about what really the author is trying to conveying. In the reading “Why believe? The Ontological Argument” by Saint Anselm he introduced the idea of existence of god through the ontological argument, the ontological argument is a philosophical argument for the existence of God that uses ontology. Many arguments fall under the category of the ontological, and they tend to involve arguments about the state of being or existing. So with that being said i can reflect on the author giving a philosophical point towards why should believe in god existing? But it can be compared to so much other things we do believe and understand in as humans, …show more content…

For example we know there is air, we can’t see air but it’s there and we believe it’s there, same applies when we talk about the existence of God. Does it validate God existence simply because we can’t see God, it doesn’t so we would have to introduce more evidence to actually prove that God doesn’t exist. Anslem also introduces that if we as humans in our minds can understand something and think about it that concludes that, if can think about and understand God then God must exist; Because how can you understand and think about something that doesn't exist. That just means God does exist because if God didn't there would be no way we would think about or understand God in our minds, God just wouldn't be a conversation to begin with. In the words of philosopher Anselm “No one who understands what God is can possibly conceive that he doesn’t exist” so it’s a whole concept of whatever the human mind can grasp, it is in existence. Also if we can grasp the idea of God existing, we can also as humans grasp the idea of God conceive human life. There is nothing

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