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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Enquiry Conc Human Understanding' and 'The Fixation of Belief'

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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique

2244	It can never be a logical contradiction to assert the non-existence of something thought to exist [Hume]

28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / d. Pascal's Wager

6946	If death is annihilation, belief in heaven is a cheap pleasure with no disappointment [Peirce]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / c. Teleological Proof critique

2232	You can't infer the cause to be any greater than its effect [Hume]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / e. Miracles

2228	All experience must be against a supposed miracle, or it wouldn't be called 'a miracle' [Hume]

2229	To establish a miracle the falseness of the evidence must be a greater miracle than the claimed miraculous event [Hume]

2227	A miracle violates laws which have been established by continuous unchanging experience, so should be ignored [Hume]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity

2185	The idea of an infinite, intelligent, wise and good God arises from augmenting the best qualities of our own minds [Hume]