{"id":2064,"date":"2011-01-21T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2011-01-21T08:00:16","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T13:00:16","slug":"the-ontological-argument-for-disproving-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=2064","title":{"rendered":"The Ontological Argument for Disproving God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My fellow atheists have often stated that you can\u2019t prove a negative. While atheists shouldn\u2019t have to prove a negative, I do think we can actually prove a negative. Today I am going to do exactly that.<\/p>\n<p>Just as Anselm tried to use an <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Ontological argument\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ontological_argument\">Ontological argument<\/a> to prove there is a god, I will use an Ontological argument to prove there is no god. 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