God's existence is necessary
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Some apologists argue that God is "necessarily existent" and not contingent.
- "If classical Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are right, God's existence is necessary; it is not derived from any law of nature or from some higher supergod who was in turn created by an even higher deity, and so on. [1]"
Many worlds ontological argument[edit]
- Main Article: Many worlds ontological argument
The many worlds ontological argument is based on the possibility of God's existence in some worlds implies his existence in all possible worlds.
Ontological argument[edit]
- Main Article: Ontological argument
Argument from contingency[edit]
- Main Article: Argument from contingency
Counter arguments[edit]
It is difficult to see how an entity could ever be known to be necessarily existent.
All other entities appear to be contingent, so God is contingent too.
God could be a brute fact but still contingent.
