Ontological argument Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Coherence of a maximally great being=== In his development of the ontological argument, Leibniz attempted to demonstrate the coherence of a supremely perfect being.<ref name="oppy" /> C. D. Broad countered that if two characteristics necessary for God's perfection are incompatible with a third, the notion of a supremely perfect being becomes incoherent. The ontological argument assumes the definition of God purported by [[classical theism]]: that God is [[omnipotent]], [[omniscient]], and morally perfect.<ref name="IEP">{{cite web|title=Ontological Argument|url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/ont-arg/#H4|author=Himma, Kenneth Einnar|date=16 November 2001|publisher=Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy|at=Chapter 4, section IV|access-date=2012-01-03}}</ref> [[Kenneth Einar Himma]] claimed that omniscience and omnipotence may be incompatible: if God is omnipotent, then he should be able to create a being with free will; if he is omniscient, then he should know exactly what such a being will do (which may technically render them without free will). This analysis would render the ontological argument incoherent, as the characteristics required of a maximally great being cannot coexist in one being, thus such a being could not exist.<ref name="IEP" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page