The Ontological Argument for God – and why it’s nonsense

There is an argument for God called the ‘Ontological argument’ and it received an ambivalent welcome whenever it is trotted out, which seems increasingly rarely. It isn’t at all compelling, and yet that appears to be irrational because it’s rare to see someone actually attack the premises or the structure. However, that, today, is what…

16. The Biblical God is Ignorant about the Future

God cannot tell the future. God cannot even tell the future of the narrative in the Bible. This argument is partly a rebuttal—the prophecies aren’t true—that has somehow turned into an opening statement. I don’t understand that. But still, the prophecies in Isaiah that the Nile would dry up or that Damascus would cease to…