Comments on: the existence of God http://www.markobrien.com.au/the-existence-of-god/ applied strategy in leadership, teams, projects & communication Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:50:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ob1 http://www.markobrien.com.au/the-existence-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-752 ob1 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:33:14 +0000 http://www.markobrien.com.au/?p=100#comment-752 yes, yes, yes... good old descartes! so, i think now that i might have thought this once before during a dream in one of my philosophy classes... :-) yes, yes, yes… good old descartes! so, i think now that i might have thought this once before during a dream in one of my philosophy classes… :-)

]]> By: anon http://www.markobrien.com.au/the-existence-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-750 anon Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:18:14 +0000 http://www.markobrien.com.au/?p=100#comment-750 "I think therefore I am," said Rene Descartes, "and if I am, then something must have caused me to be. What could have caused me to be? - Myself? but surely I would have made myself perfect. - I could be eternal myself? but I don't exist independently, I need something to sustain me. - My parents? but then what caused my parents to be, and their parents, ad infinitum. - Something less perfect than God? but how could something imperfect create the concept of perfection in me? - God? but of course! from "Discourse on Method" (somewhere near the back, I think) “I think therefore I am,” said Rene Descartes, “and if I am, then something must have caused me to be.

What could have caused me to be?

- Myself? but surely I would have made myself perfect.
- I could be eternal myself? but I don’t exist independently, I need something to sustain me.
- My parents? but then what caused my parents to be, and their parents, ad infinitum.
- Something less perfect than God? but how could something imperfect create the concept of perfection in me?
- God? but of course!

from “Discourse on Method” (somewhere near the back, I think)

]]> By: Barry. http://www.markobrien.com.au/the-existence-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-734 Barry. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:13:54 +0000 http://www.markobrien.com.au/?p=100#comment-734 an interesting assumption...I sometimes think about the existence of life elsewhere in the universe and other odd things - can we apply the same reasoning? an interesting assumption…I sometimes think about the existence of life elsewhere in the universe and other odd things – can we apply the same reasoning?

]]> By: ob1 http://www.markobrien.com.au/the-existence-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-731 ob1 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:35:51 +0000 http://www.markobrien.com.au/?p=100#comment-731 strange you should mention kreeft - haven't thought about him for years, but actually had reason to think about him this evening (independently) about another matter. i like kreeft's stuff a lot, but i didn't have him in mind during my contemplations. actually, it's is one of those interesting feelings, when you feel you've just had a "big thought", but also have the sense that surely somebody else a lot smarter must have thought this before somewhere... there's actually a mathematician who has some philosophical ideas about the inevitable development of key ideas, but i don't have time to ramble right at the moment... :-) strange you should mention kreeft – haven’t thought about him for years, but actually had reason to think about him this evening (independently) about another matter. i like kreeft’s stuff a lot, but i didn’t have him in mind during my contemplations.

actually, it’s is one of those interesting feelings, when you feel you’ve just had a “big thought”, but also have the sense that surely somebody else a lot smarter must have thought this before somewhere…

there’s actually a mathematician who has some philosophical ideas about the inevitable development of key ideas, but i don’t have time to ramble right at the moment… :-)

]]> By: Paul Robotham http://www.markobrien.com.au/the-existence-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Paul Robotham Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:35:06 +0000 http://www.markobrien.com.au/?p=100#comment-727 I think you are alluding to 16. The Argument from Desire 19. The Common Consent Argument <a href="http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics-more/20_arguments-gods-existence.htm" rel="nofollow">Twenty Arguments For The Existence Of God</a> God exists and He is good, all the time! I think you are alluding to

16. The Argument from Desire
19. The Common Consent Argument

Twenty Arguments For The Existence Of God

God exists and He is good, all the time!

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