Talk:Transcendental argument for the non-existence of God

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I duly object to the change of name for this page. My original title had the capitals as originally intended by Michael Martin. Franc28 04:44, May 11, 2005 (UTC)

The words "necessary" and "contingent" and their usage here are confusing. Are they similar to "absolute" and "relative" or "objective" and "subjective" or something similar? Also, the argument concerning morality is unpersuasive. Unless I misunderstand, it claims that the Christian worldview is false because there is disagreement as to what God's will among religious authorities.

The words necessary and contingents have accepted meanings in philosophy. I don't see why this should be confusing in this particular case : it's a fairly straightforward argument. If divine creation is true, then all material facts are contingent to a god's will.

The argument on morality has two parts, one of which is the one you mentioned. The other is that divine creation makes moral facts such as "gratuitous cruelty is evil" contingent on God's will, which is wholly unacceptable within the Christian assumption of moral objectivity (as well as the secular position of moral objectivity, which IMHO is the only tenable position). Franc28 04:26, May 21, 2005 (UTC)