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oppose 13% · spoiled godmoderated to 67%; argued down by 54%
by wikipedia on 2005-03-26 05:43:24The "no motivation" argument states that if god is omnipotent, then he would not be motivated to act in any way, specifically creating the universe, since God would have anything God wanted in infinite amounts and would have no desires since there is no reason for God to have any. Since the universe exists, there is a contradiction and an omnipotent God cannot exist. -
oppose 100% · circular reasoningmoderated to 100%; argued down by 0%
by me on 2005-04-20 09:56:46"God would have anything God wanted" presumes that God could want something. That something could look like the universe. You cannot conclude from this that God wants nothing, nor that a God without motivation could not 'create' anything, whether or not it was 'desired' by God.
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title: 'circular reasoning'
text: '"God would have anything God wanted" presumes that God could want something. That something could look like the universe. You cannot conclude from this that God wants nothing, nor that a God without motivation could not 'create' anything, whether or not it was 'desired' by God.'
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date: 2005-04-20 09:56:46
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