The Ontological Argument: Christian vs. Agnostic Dialogue (Joe Schmid and Gavin Ortlund)

Gavin Ortlund and Joe Schmid discuss the ontological argument. Originally hosted at Unbelievable.

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00:00 Coming Up
00:40 Introducing Gavin and Joe
03:31 Why Care About the Ontological Argument?
08:26 A Priori Arguments
11:13 The Fittingness of Ontological Arguments
16:10 The Endurance of the Ontological Argument
23:59 AD BREAK 1
26:04 Anselm's Ontological Argument
30:37 Meinongianism?
36:54 Is Existence a Predicate?
50:34 AD BREAK 2
52:20 Modal Ontological Arguments
1:02:16 Parody Objections
1:17:02 Wrapping Up
29:09 Defining God into Existence?