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The Argument

Premise 1 : I have an idea of God as an infinitely perfect being.

The source of this ideas are:

Fictitious

Adventitious

Innate

Not Fictitious because fictitious ideas are imagination, and imagination is a combination of elements from sensory experience. Therefore, it lacks the quality for a certain, infinite and perfect idea of God.

Not Adventitious because Adventitious ideas are arises from external stimuli or experience. Therefore, it also lacks the quality for a certain, infinite and perfect idea of God.

The first two options may be subject to doubt (Meditation 1)

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