The Ontological Argument That God Exist

The ontological argument is theory of God based on reasoning alone. The word ‘ontological’ means ‘being’ or ‘exist’. The ontological argument states that God does indeed exist because he is the thought of God can be conceived. The argument was first proposed by Anselm of Canterbury, a monk and christian philosopher. Anselm believed that God was the greatest being conceived and that there was no other being more powerful than God.
According to Anselm, if something is perfect, then it couldn’t possibly be better than it is; there can’t be anything better than perfection. This means that if a thing is perfect then it is impossible to imagine it being better than it is; there is nothing better than it is to imagine. It is impossible to conceive either of there being anything greater than God or of it being possible to …show more content…
God can’t exist only in the mind because then he would not be the greatest conceivable being. The ontological argument argues that God is the maximally great being that is all-powerful, all-knowing, morally perfect in every possible world. If God is only exists in the mind then that will give room for some more powerful to exist. If there is another being that can be conceived in both the mind and reality than it will be more powerful than God. Thus, God must exist in all possible worlds including the mental state and reality.
One of the biggest objections to the ontological argument is the predicate objection. According to the predicate objection, giving something existence makes it greater, adding existence to something is also similar to adding property to something. Though the Ontological argument adds existence to God, a non believer can counter this argument by removing existence or property from God. An opposer can argue that God does not exist because he lacks such