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- 1. does truth exist (in the ontological sense)? Y/N
- 1a. if no, is it true that truth does not exist (in the ontological sense)? Y/N
- 1b. if yes, contradiction, if no, back to 1.
- 1c. yes, truth exists (in the ontological sense).
- 2. can the proposition "truth exists" be false? Y/N
- 2a. if yes, it's self-defeating and contradictory as the proposition "truth can fail" could then also be false and A = A (truth = truth) after all.
- 2b. if no, then truth cannot NOT-exist
- 3. from 2, truth exists in all possible worlds (i.e. 1+1=2 holds in all possible worlds and is thus always true), if something exists in all possible worlds then it must be necessary (which means its unchanging).
- 4. if truth exists necessarily then existence is necessarily true. (which essentially means, the proposition "something exists" is always true.)
- 4a. Since truth exists necessarily, it cannot depend or arise from anything contingent.
- 4b. Are space, time, and energy contingent? Y/N
- 4c. if no, then they must be necessary (exist in all possible worlds), however space, time, and energy change because they
- - (a) can be otherwise (different constants, laws, structure, or none at all),
- - (b) depend on relations and change (space is a field of relations between physical things, thus if there were no energy/matter, space would not exist in the physical sense), and
- - (c) involve potentiality (space can expand, contract, or curve differently; time can run at different rates (relativity); energy can change forms and magnitudes).
- 4d. if yes (they are contingent), then they cannot be the source or foundation of necessary existence.
- 4e. Therefore, space, time, and energy are contingent realities; truth, being necessary, must be able to exist independently of them.
- 5. from 4, this "truth" that necessarily exists is thus timeless, spaceless and immaterial. and exists prior to anything else which is not necessary (as they would be contingent on truth existing)
- 5a. If truth is timeless, spaceless, and immaterial, can it be part of the physical universe? Y/N
- 5b. if no, then truth exists prior and apart from the physical universe (which implies truth is completely inaccessible to us; which for all practical purposes (including any epistemic or causal interaction), this is equivalent to truth not existing for us, which contradicts 3. so back to 1 if accepted), if yes, then the universe would contain at least one element that is not physical, which concedes that the foundation of reality (including which we can interact with) is contingent on the immaterial.
- 5c. yes, the foundation of reality (including which we can interact with) is immaterial.
- 6. from 5, there cannot be another necessary existence separate from this necessary existence because if this 2nd being exists separately from truth then the proposition "this being exists" cannot be true. (they could exist if; not separate from truth but then it wouldn't be another being at all but the same exact existence)
- 7. thus, anything contingent (the universe, you and me, earth, sun, etc) must be contingent on and entailed by this necessary existence. we call this existence God.
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