Quote Originally Posted by BLUELINE976 View Post
So if God exists in the mind alone, we can think of something better. But if God as defined by Anselm is a maximally great being, existing in the mind alone just doesn't cut it. Therefore, it must also exist in reality, since it's greater to exist in both (P3).
Why not? I don't get that. The argument makes the assumption that a maximally powerful being exist simply because we can conceive of one. It basically says, "I can conceive of a maximally great being. If it's maximally great, it can't only exist in my mind. Therefore, it exists." Even if that makes logical sense, who's to say we can conceive of a maximally great being? If it is maximally great, wouldn't have abilities and properties that we can't even comprehend? Abilities and properties that, upon seeing them, our puny monkey brains would explode or melt from sheer greatness?

And Xei, you come across as sarcastic in that post....

BTW, did either of you watch the videos I posted?