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Essence Existence |
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By: Sergeant Slim Jim Date: August 30, 2020, 6:29 am |
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Hi all. I have an interesting one for you. I recently |
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encountered someone who argued that if God exists then He is |
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contingent upon existence. In other words, He needs a place to |
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occupy, even if that place is existence. Now the way I |
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understand it, God's essence is His existence, but I'm having |
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some trouble breaking that down further into an argument this |
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guy would understand. Does it make sense to say God exists |
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within Himself? Is there a better way of saying that? A |
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different argument altogether? Thanks. |
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For reference, here's the video where the subject was discussed: |
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https://youtu.be/Lwno0bST0KM |
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Re: Essence Existence |
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By: ClassicalLiberal.Theist Date: August 30, 2020, 7:31 pm |
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God doesn't exist in anything. God just exists. It is a |
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fundemtanlly philosophical error to talk about "places" where |
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which God exists; he does not exist here nor there or with |
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respect to anything else, he just exists. He is existence |
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itself. |
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Re: Essence Existence |
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By: Sergeant Slim Jim Date: August 31, 2020, 6:48 pm |
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That's more or less what I'm thinking my response would be, |
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especially given that God is a being of pure act, His essence is |
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His existence, etc. |
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Re: Essence Existence |
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By: Not the Dumb Ox Date: September 28, 2020, 5:05 am |
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That�s a three-and-a-half hour video. Could you provide a time |
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stamp to the discussion? |
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From your description this sounds like a resurrection of the |
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being-as-genus debate. Answer: being is not a genus. |
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