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===Descartes' ontological argument===
===Descartes' ontological argument===
We have the idea of an infinitely perfect Being. Since we are finite, and everything around us is finite, the idea of an infinitely perfect Being could not have originated with us or with the nature around us. Therefore, the idea of an infinitely perfect Being must have come from such a being - God.<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-ontological/</ref>
We have the idea of an infinitely perfect Being. Since we are finite, and everything around us is finite, the idea of an infinitely perfect Being could not have originated with us or with the nature around us. Therefore, the idea of an infinitely perfect Being must have come from such a being - God.<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-ontological/</ref>
Of course, such an idea, is [[shoehorning]] the idea that something must be infinite.
Of course, such an idea, is [[shoehorning]] the idea that something must be infinite.
=== Alvin Plantinga's modal ontological argument ===
*[https://strangenotions.com/is-the-modal-ontological-argument-for-god-a-sound-proof/ Alvin Plantinga's modal ontological argument (The Introduction)]
==Free will argument==
==Free will argument==