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    It is not the case that God exists.

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    Reasons Against

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    Reason against 1 of 3
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    • 1.Our own existence is evident.
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    • 2.Our evident existence requires a necessary being to serve as its sufficient reason.
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    • 3.This necessary being must be independent, eternal, and simple.
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    Reason against 2 of 3
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    • 1.It is possible that God exists.
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    • 2.God is not a contingent being, i.e., either it is not possible that God exists, or it is necessary that God exists.
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    • 3.Therefore, it is necessary that God exists.
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    Reason against 3 of 3
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    • 1.If it is possible that God exists necessarily, then God exists necessarily (by the principle that possibly necessary entails necessary).
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    • 2.It is possible that God exists necessarily.
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    • 3.If God exists necessarily, then God exists.
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