On 3/9/2003 7:13:25 PM, Alisha Mobley wrote:
>I decided to
>look closely at the phrase,
>"existence is perfection".
> I am still not
>really understanding the
>argument that "to exist, God
>must be perfect". We exist,
>right? But we're not perfect.

The argument doen't claim that if something
exists, then it's perfect. It claims that if something
is absolutely perfect, then it has to exist (because
it's more perfect to exist than not to exist, and an
absolutely perfect being would have to possess
ALL perfections). Again...

The concept of God is that of a perfect being.
A perfect being must contain all perfections.
Existence is a perfection.
Therefore, God exists.

Prof. Borrowdale
borrowdalej@lanecc.edu