# A modern symbological assessment of the ontoligical argument for the existence of God

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**Created:** [May 13, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontoligical-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108836 "2002-05-13T17:00:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontoligical-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108836/1 "2002-05-13T17:00:14Z")

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Testing title attributes.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontoligical-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108836/2 "2002-05-13T19:09:49Z")

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Let me guess - this is the proposed title for an MPSIMS thread, right?

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontoligical-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108836/3 "2002-05-13T20:01:51Z")

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That’s right, Arnold. For Great Debates, I was thinking of “Is it wrong to wear your Tuesday panties on Wednesday?” 😉

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontoligical-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108836/4 "2002-05-13T21:26:11Z")

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Y’know, I saw this thread title, and I though “Oh, some newbie posted in the wrong forum. I wonder what his name is?” 🙂

So what attributes were you testing, Lib?

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**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontoligical-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108836/5 "2002-05-13T21:38:36Z")

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The title reminds me of a quote from Marge Simpson: “I don’t know what it is you have planned for this evening, but you can leave me out”.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontoligical-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108836/6 "2002-05-14T08:11:24Z")

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> So what attributes were you testing, Lib?

Two things: whether it was too long to show up in full, and whether it would wrap properly or cram everything over to the right.

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontoligical-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108836/7 "2002-05-14T13:54:13Z")

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You mean this isn’t a demonstration thread for appropriate debate techniques for the SDMB?

Rats.

Tris

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontoligical-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108836/8 "2002-05-14T14:06:30Z")

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Were you hoping to iron out spelling bugs? (ontological)

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modern-symbological-assessment-of-the-ontoligical-argument-for-the-existence-of-god/108836/9 "2002-05-14T16:37:05Z")

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Yep, I took care of that.