# Explain the ontological argument to me **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-ontological-argument-to-me/516098 **Category:** Great Debates **Created:** [November 2, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-ontological-argument-to-me/516098 "2009-11-02T21:08:45Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 43
### Author: ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic) #### Post date: [November 3, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-ontological-argument-to-me/516098/43 "2009-11-03T15:16:22Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > So it _is_ that dumb after all. Yes. Your reaction to hearing it for the first time is normal. Most people with any sense read it, then say, “huh? That doesn’t sound right. It can’t be that stupid. I must have missed a step. What did I miss?” So they read it again, and there’s still no missed step. it really is that stupid. It can take a while for that to sink in, though. I too spent quite a bit of time assuming I must have misunderstood something the first time I encountered this in college. I cornered my philosophy prof about it and told him I though I was missing something. He told me that’s what everybody thinks the first time they see the OA, but that it really is as inane as it looks. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-ontological-argument-to-me/516098)._