Question

Which of the following represents a cogent objection to the Ontological argument?
a. It proves too much.
b. To exist is not necessarily better than not existing.
c. Existence is not a property.
d. Essences cannot be properties.
e. Causes do not necessarily precede effects.

Answer 1

The following represents a cogent objection to the Ontological argument;

e. Causes do not necessarily precede effects. (As in the ontological argument; we beg the question i.e. in which the proposition to be proved i.e. the existence of God is assumed implicitly or explicitly in the premise. They presume that “since existence is possible, and to exist is greater than to not exist, then God must exist (if God did not exist, then a greater being could be conceived)