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A response to Dhorpatan's challenge: Prove the existence of God.
1. A maximally great being (God) possibly exists.
2. If a maximally great being possibly exists, it must exist in some possible universe (A possible universe is a complete description of the universe that turned out to not be true.)
3. If a maximally great being exists in some possible universe, it must exist in all or else it is not maximally great.
Therefore, God necessarily exists as long as he possibly exists. The only way to refute this argument is to prove without a doubt that God does not exist.
A response to Dhorpatan's challenge: Prove the existence of God.
1. A maximally great being (God) possibly exists.
2. If a maximally great being possibly exists, it must exist in some possible universe (A possible universe is a complete description of the universe that turned out to not be true.)
3. If a maximally great being exists in some possible universe, it must exist in all or else it is not maximally great.
Therefore, God necessarily exists as long as he possibly exists. The only way to refute this argument is to prove without a doubt that God does not exist.
