THE FOLLOWING WAS JOKINGLY PROPOSED BY DOUGLAS GASKINS AS A WAY OF MOCKING THE ONTOLOGICAL PROOF OF GOD. IT IS NOT SERIOUS. IT IS SATIRE. IT IS SATIRE. IT IS SATIRE.
1). The creation of the world is the most marvelous achievement imaginable.
2). The merit of an achievement is the product of (a) its intrinsic quality, and (b) the ability of its creator.
3). The greater the disability (or handicap) of the creator, the more impressive the achievement.
4). The most formidable handicap for a creator would be non-existence.
5). Therefore if we suppose that the universe is the product of an existent creator, we can conceive a greater being - namely, one who created everything while not existing.
6). An existing God therefore would not be a being greater than which a greater-cannot-be-conceived, because an even more formidable and incredible creator would be a God which did not exist.
Ergo:
7). God does not exist.
1). The creation of the world is the most marvelous achievement imaginable.
2). The merit of an achievement is the product of (a) its intrinsic quality, and (b) the ability of its creator.
3). The greater the disability (or handicap) of the creator, the more impressive the achievement.
4). The most formidable handicap for a creator would be non-existence.
5). Therefore if we suppose that the universe is the product of an existent creator, we can conceive a greater being - namely, one who created everything while not existing.
6). An existing God therefore would not be a being greater than which a greater-cannot-be-conceived, because an even more formidable and incredible creator would be a God which did not exist.
Ergo:
7). God does not exist.
