The assumptions of Anselm‘s ontological argument

Anselm's ontological argument is a philosophical argument, made from an ontological basis.

Anselm defines God as "the greatest being" and argues that if such being can exist in the mind, then it must also exist in reality. If it exis...

1. The argument could be used to prove the existence of anything.
2. Humans do not know God's nature.
3. "Existing" adds nothing (including perfection) to the essence of a being. Thus, the greatest possible being does not need to exist

1. The argument does not prove that the intelligent designer is God.
2. An intelligent designer must be far more complex than anything it is capable of designing, and the existence of life, let alone something more complex than it, is very impropable.
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