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[Ladd] (1) Necessarily, if there is a perfect being, then necessarily there is a perfect being. [Premise] (2) Possibly, there is a perfect being. [Premise] (3) If the existence of a perfect being (if one were to exist) entails that necessarily, there is a prefect being, then if possibly there is a perfect being, then it is possible that it is necessary that there is a perfect being. [Theorem of S5 Modal Logic]
[Ladd] (4) If possibly there is a prefect being, then it is possible that it is necessary that there is a perfect being. [from (1) and (3) by modus ponens] (5) It is possible that it is necessary that there is a perfect being. [from (2) and (4) by modus ponens] (6) If it is possible that it is necessary that there is a perfect being, then necessarily there is a perfect being. [Theorem of S5 model logic]
[Ladd] (7) Necessarily, there is a perfect being. [from (5) and (6) by modus ponens] (8) Therefore, there is a perfect being. [from (7) by necessity elimination]
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[Ladd] Again: A perfect being is (df.) a necessarily existent, essentially omnipotent, essentially omniscient, essentially morally perfect, essentially non-physical, and an essentially omnipresent entity. Moreover, a perfect being is a being that is worthy of worship.
[Ladd] [Necessary Existence]: For any entity x, x exists necessarily, just in case were any metaphysically possible world in the galaxy of all metaphysically possible worlds actual, x would exist at that respective world. [OR] For any entity x, x exists necessarily just in case the proposition that x exists is necessarily true.
[Ladd] [Omnipotence]: For any entity S, S is omnipotent at an ontological index or time t in W if and only if for any state of affairs p and world-type-for-S Ls such that p is not a member of Ls, if there is a world W* such that:
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[Ladd] (a) Ls is true in both W and W*, and (b) W* shares the same history with W at t, and (c) at t in W* someone actualizes p, and (d) p is such that it was not already actualized (weakly or strongly) in W* and such that it can never be actualized again (weakly or strongly) in W* then… (e) S has the power at an ontological index or time t in W to actualize p.
[ransom] the universe creates itself because of laws of gravity, there is no need for God.
[Ladd] [Omniscience]: For any cognizer S, S is omniscient if and only if for any superdefinitely true proposition p that can possibly be known by a singular knowing subject, S knows a priori that p to a degree that affords epistemic certainty.
[Ladd] [Omnibenovolent]: Being morally good is a function of fulfilling one’s moral duties . Whenever God performs an act that is not morally indifferent (and that is possible on my view), God performs an act that is in accord with metaphysically necessary and universal moral principles (such as truth-telling; promise-keeping, and the like).
[Ladd] God satisfies his moral duties perfectly, and moreover God is this way in all metaphysically possible worlds. This view of omnibenolovence is consistent with though not necessarily committed to property-identity divine command theory as discussed by Michael Almeida.
[Ladd] [Non-Physical]: For any entity x, x is non-physical just in case x is a substance and x is not ontologically dependent upon a corporeal body in any way.
[Ladd] [Omnipresence]: For any entity x, x is omnipresent just in case x is able to act intentionally at any location without intermediary (i.e., he can act directly on the world in the way that we can act directly on our brains) and is such that it knows what is happening at every location without intermediary (i.e., x just knows what is happening at any place in a way similar to how we know the contents of our visual field).
[Ladd] [A Being Worthy of Worship]: For any entity x, x is worthy of worship just in case x possesses inherent moral perfection, and merits worship as unqualified adoration, love, trust, and obedience.
[Ladd] Paul K. Moser, The Evidence for God: Religious Knowledge Reexamined (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), 23. Worthiness of worship is maximally morally demanding. It requires inherent (or self-contained) moral perfect, including perfect moral righteousness, and such perfection in an agent demands, in turn, a perfectly loving character, including perfect love toward one’s enemies.
[Ladd] done
[tHe KId SoG] Sure you are john lol. I saw you in two rooms before I'm a bit skeptical of that only one man thing haha
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