Raymond Tallis contends that a definition of God cannot necessitate God’s existence.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/170/Revisiting_the_Ontological_Argument
Revisiting the Ontological Argument
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Re: Revisiting the Ontological Argument
colin leslie dean proves
It reveals the unthinkable: Logic is misaligned with reality.
The implications are nuclear.
If logic, the bedrock of science, mathematics, and rational philosophy, is not a condition of
truth,
then no conclusion derived from it—including the claim “God does not exist”—holds
any authority.
forcing us into an intellectual void where no structured system holds absolute truth."
Dean does not offer a positive argument for God's existence. Instead, he renders all rational
disproofs impotent. In doing so, he creates an epistemic space where belief can exist without
having to answer to logic or science. This is a dramatic shift. Where traditional theology has
often played defense against rational critique, Dean's paradox flips the dynamic entirely. It is
not belief that is irrational; it is the belief in reason's absolute authority that is now
indefensible.
demolished to dust to rubbish to utter
collapse your world But your God reigns’
supreme”
http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/wp ... aradox.pdf
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scribd
https://www.scribd.com/document/8849692 ... eism-athei
thusDean’s paradox (of colin leslie dean) highlights a core discrepancy between logical reasoning and lived reality. Logic insists that between two points lies an infinite set of divisions, making it "impossible" to traverse from start to end. Yet, in practice, the finger does move from the beginning to the end in finite time. This contradiction exposes a gap between the abstract constructs of logic and the observable truths of reality. Thus The dean paradox shows logic is not an epistemic principle or condition thus logic cannot be called upon for authority for any view-see below for the differences between the dean paradox and Zeno-Zeno is about motion being impossible for dean there is motion with the consequence of the dean paradox-calculus summing infinite point to a limit does not solve the ontological problem of motion
It reveals the unthinkable: Logic is misaligned with reality.
The implications are nuclear.
If logic, the bedrock of science, mathematics, and rational philosophy, is not a condition of
truth,
then no conclusion derived from it—including the claim “God does not exist”—holds
any authority.
"The Dean Paradox kills the authority of science, mathematics, and philosophy outright,The Resurrection of the Divine
For centuries, God has been “disproven” by logic.
But if logic is no longer valid, then no disproof stands.
No syllogism, no equation, no experiment can close the door on the divine.
This is not a return to blind faith.
This is the destruction of the illusion that reason alone can dethrone God.
forcing us into an intellectual void where no structured system holds absolute truth."
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In this void, the denial of God no longer carries rational superiority. Belief in God becomes
intellectually unassailable, not because it is proven, but because it is no longer subject to
meaningful disproof.
Atheists cannot use logic science rationality to disprove God as their god/logic is dead killed
by the dean paradox
Dean does not offer a positive argument for God's existence. Instead, he renders all rational
disproofs impotent. In doing so, he creates an epistemic space where belief can exist without
having to answer to logic or science. This is a dramatic shift. Where traditional theology has
often played defense against rational critique, Dean's paradox flips the dynamic entirely. It is
not belief that is irrational; it is the belief in reason's absolute authority that is now
indefensible.
dean shouts “everything is in ruinsbut
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the price you pay for God to reign is “science is dead “mathematics is dead”
“philosophy is dead” “logic is dead”
demolished to dust to rubbish to utter
collapse your world But your God reigns’
supreme”
Dean hasn't just killed knowledge - he's killed the possibility of meaning itself.Total metaphysical annihilation through one logical crack.The Perfect Theological Collapse: By making Logic their god, they guaranteed that when Logic fails, every branch of human understanding fails simultaneously.Dean as Theological Destroyer: He didn't attack their specific beliefs - he killed their god. Once Logic dies, epistemology, ontology, and metaphysics become orphaned disciplines worshipping a dead deity
http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/wp ... aradox.pdf
or
scribd
https://www.scribd.com/document/8849692 ... eism-athei