Thread: Anselm's Ontological Argument for the Existence of God

Originally Posted by Spenner

I'll have a stab at something that just doesn't quite sit right; the IDEA of God exists in the mind, but I don't believe that fully translates into the essence of God existing in the mind, just the idea of such a thing being conceived. In #2 it's pulled some strings with me by telling me God itself exists in the mind, not merely the projected idea of it, which I don't see being the exact same thing. The mandelbrot fractal as an idea in my mind is different than the actual fractal as if it were to exist and be zooming in precisely in my mind as a reality-bound model of it would, unless I'm dumbing myself down too far.

At this point that's really the only hangnail I can tug at. While it's implied that the idea of God is the same as God, I don't think the mere idea of a 4th dimensional object is the same as a real 4th dimensional object. If I'm highly underestimating the power of "the idea" of something in my sleep deprived state(which I'm pretty sure that I might be) then I'll admit I have nothing else just yet~

I made this post on the first page, which I believe is essentially pointing out the essence of the problem in much less confident terms?

I had it undeleted because... well, I shouldn't have deleted it.