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The Wontontological Argument is a parody of the Ontological Argument first posted on the forums of Venganza.org, a website “Dedicated to the teaching of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism.” The argument is meant to expose the logical flaws of the Ontological Argument by redirecting its conclusion from an all-powerful being to an all-delicious wonton. With this redirection, the Wontontological Argument intends to show that logic alone is insufficient for reasonably demonstrating the existence of an entity.

Structure
The original logical structure of the Wontontological Argument is as follows:


 * 1) It is possible for a supremely delicious wonton to exist.
 * 2) If it is possible for a supremely delicious wonton to exist, then a supremely delicious wonton exists in some possible world.
 * 3) If a supremely delicious wonton exists in some possible world, then it exists in every possible world (due to it being ‘supremely delicious’, which by definition requires it to be maximally tasty in every possible world).
 * 4) If a supremely delicious wonton exists in every possible world, then it exists in the actual world.
 * 5) If a supremely delicious wonton exists in the actual world, then a supremely delicious wonton exists.
 * 6) Therefore, a supremely delicious wonton exists in our world.
 * 7) RAmen

Furthermore, the concepts of Supreme Deliciousness and Maximal Tastiness from above are expounded below by the author so that the validity of the logic can be made clearer to the reader:

"Supremely Delicious is defined as having maximal tastiness in every possible world. A supremely delicious wonton cannot exist in anything less than all possible worlds or else it would not be supremely delicious."

"Maximal Tastiness: If a wonton was delicious in one possible world then it would only be kind of tasty; if it was more delicious in that same possible world then it would be tastier; etc. A wonton must have the ultimate amount of taste in a possible world in order for it to be maximally tasty, and it must be maximally tasty in all possible worlds in order for it to be supremely delicious. The concept of maximal tastiness implies the necessary existence of a supremely delicious wonton."

As noted in the original Venganza post, the Wontontological Argument’s underlying logical structure, definitions of terms and justification of the argument were largely taken, nearly verbatim, by an explanation of the Ontological Argument given by William Lane Craig in a three-part episode of his Reasonable Faith podcast titled The Ontological Argument for God. In addition, the Wontontological Argument was also partially influenced by the views of Anselm of Canterbury and Alvin Plantinga in regards to the Ontological Argument.

Criticisms
As of yet, there have been no formal criticisms of the Wontontological Argument, but in anticipating objections and questions similar to those encountered by proponents of the Ontological Argument the author of the Wontontological Argument explained in further detail certain aspects of the reasoning behind the logic: "An important thing to keep in mind is that there is no possible world in which a bad wonton can exist. Once you properly understand the concept of Supreme Deliciousness, you’ll see that a supremely delicious wonton can’t not exist (i.e. it’s impossible for a supremely delicious wonton to not exist)."

"In addition to the above, the Wontontological Argument is truly an analogous parallel to the Ontological Argument since it presents the maximally great state of an entity (wontons). Intrinsic great-making properties such as omniscience, omnipotence, omnibenevolence, etc, which come into play in the Ontological Argument, do not apply to the Wontontological Argument for obvious reasons; the only great-making property that applies to a supremely delicious wonton is omnitastiness. Also, a quasi-delicious wonton cannot exist in any possible world in which a supremely delicious wonton exists (which is all of them), since the existence of a supremely delicious wonton undermines the possibility of a quasi-delicious wonton."