God/No God?

[MatthewT]

In David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, the character Cleanthes argues that no being could ever be proven to exist through an a priori demonstration:[15]

[T]here is an evident absurdity in pretending to demonstrate a matter of fact, or to prove it by any arguments a priori. Nothing is demonstrable, unless the contrary implies a contradiction. Nothing, that is distinctly conceivable, implies a contradiction. Whatever we conceive as existent, we can also conceive as non-existent. There is no being, therefore, whose non-existence implies a contradiction. Consequently there is no being, whose existence is demonstrable.

There have been many other arguments against ontological proofs such as: Existence precedes essence; Gaunilo's island; Necessary nonexistence; Existence is not a predicate; and Problem of incoherence.

yup, welcome to solipsism Bud

gotta go, whistle blew and all

[Bro]

i believe a whole bunch of true things

You believe a bunch of nonsense.

[leedsunited]

God- i believe my prays have been heard

[GHP]

I'm not repeating it again.

Of course you aren't Fredo!