{"id":6847,"date":"2015-01-03T03:55:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T08:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=6847"},"modified":"2015-01-01T16:10:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T21:10:13","slug":"a-new-proof-of-gods-existence-with-an-assist-from-dr-bart-ehrman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/a-new-proof-of-gods-existence-with-an-assist-from-dr-bart-ehrman\/","title":{"rendered":"a new proof of God’s existence, with an assist from Dr. Bart Ehrman?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Proof\"In the last week of my recent Introduction to Philosophy class, two teams of students debated the existence of God<\/strong> in front of the class. After the debate the rest of the students wrote a short response to the debate. While the pro-God side had offered versions of the design and ontological arguments, one student opined in his written response that they had\u00a0overlooked the obvious<\/strong>. Here is what he wrote:<\/p>\n

God (Jesus) is real, there is documented history of him. I don\u2019t know how someone could deny documented reads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This suggests the following argument for God’s existence<\/strong>, an argument which has not heretofore been discussed by philosophers of religion:<\/p>\n

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  1. Jesus has existed.<\/li>\n
  2. God and Jesus are numerically one.<\/li>\n
  3. Therefore, God has existed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n