If in some possible world it exists, that relies it to exist in that possible world, and if that possible world doesn't exist, that implies everything inside it doesn't exist.

This post was edited by Thor123422 on Oct 12 2012 11:08pm

1. A being has maximal bigness in a given possible world W if and only if it is infinitely huge in W; <- definition
2. A being has maximal largeness if it has maximal bigness in every possible world. <- definition
3. It is possible that there is something has maximal largeness. (Premise) <- this is the premise that must be accepted for the argument to be valid
4. Therefore, possibly, it is necessarily true that an infinitely huge thing exists. <- follows from 3
5. Therefore, (by axiom S5) it is necessarily true that an infinitely huge thing exists. <- follows from 4
6. Therefore, an infinitely huge being exists. <- follows from 5

logically sound

playing with in-definitive terms

discard immediately

This post was edited by duffman316 on Oct 12 2012 11:13pm

An empirical observation of the mind. Our minds developed 'good' from pleasure and pain, as well as group dynamics that ensured the survival of the group and thus ensured maximum sexual intercourse.



Yes, I have.

basically you're doing this and i'm saying stop pls :/

The word empirical denotes information acquired by means of observation or experimentation.



What you just said is not the same as what thor said.



Definitely the best counter-point I've yet seen in this thread. Give me a bit to respond.



Damn just when you had me thinking you actually had a good point going you ruin it with a straw man.

Even your own refutation isn't refuting this point.

This post was edited by Voyaging on Oct 12 2012 11:19pm

Basically the argument just boils down to something like

a maximally great being would exist in all worlds as part of being maximally great. Therefore if he exists in one world, he would exist in all worlds.



However you STILL must establish the existence of the original world that implies the existence of the maximally great being, or he has nowhere to expand from into all other worlds as nothing ever implied his existence.

This post was edited by Thor123422 on Oct 12 2012 11:19pm

And how are thoughts or emotions not observations?





Yes it is.



This post was edited by AEtheric on Oct 12 2012 11:22pm

k i'm sure some legitamite algebra rule is being broken here but most people won't recognize it so i wanted to run with it :/

That second to last step does not compute! 5th step does not compute

This post was edited by Azrad on Oct 12 2012 11:24pm

math majors in the house, let me have my fun dammit