steve_h
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fbeckwith | Quote | | If you can imagine a being greater than what you think is God, then God is not the greatest being possible. That means that God is contingent, which means that he is not a necessary being. God, then, is just another being in the universe rather than the Ground of Being. Such a “God” is not the self-existent one that Moses encountered at the burning bush. |
No, it means that that God is not the greatest IMAGINARY BEING possible. One can still imagine Gods that are greater - but which turn out not to be actually possible, or improbable but nonetheless equally pointless wankery. The imaginary doesn't become real because you forgot to mention that you were imagining it. I can imagine a God whose only worthy attribute is that he can make bushes burn without destroying them while claiming to be top dog because they were the only attributes that his mummy allowed him.
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