Note my argument;
PI. Absolute perfection is an impossibility
P2. God imperatively must be absolutely perfect
C… Therefore God is an impossibility.
Since my argument is based on “absolute perfection” it is essential I differentiate it from relative perfection. I have given examples of relative perfection, e.g. a perfect score of 100% in an objective test, and the likes. Relative perfection relate to empirical things. Surely such a relative perfection is very different from the idea of an ideal perfect God [ontological].
Btw, you did agree [with exception of God] ideal cannot be exist physically, note below.
Re above, I explained there are two types of ideals,
- Empirical ideals - perfect circle
- Non-empirical ideals -
Non-empirical ideals has two categories, i.e.
- General non-empirical ideals - e.g. moral standards, the likes.
- Absolutely absolute non-empirical ideals, the mother of all ideals, i.e. God [ontological].
Note the central meaning of ‘perfect’ in my thesis is this sense;
3 a :pure, total
b :lacking in no essential detail :complete
c obsolete :sane
d -:absolute, unequivocal
e -of an extreme kind :unmitigated
Philosophically, [not general meaning] the perfect God is the absolutely absolute ontological God as proposed by St. Anselm and seconded by Descartes as the Supremely Perfect God, i.e.
“…God is a being than which no greater can be conceived.”
I presume you meant an exact match of reference to a referent which is full of controversies, e.g. correspondence theory of truth, no thing-in-itself as reference, etc.
In any case, at most, this [reference ↔ referent] is most relevant to elements of relative perfection and general ideals but not to a perfect God which is claimed to exists by theists [not me] and cannot be fully described by imperfect being. Imperfection cannot subsume perfection [as claimed] but possible the other way round.
This is why the ontological God was introduced to cover this weakness.
The definition of the ontological God is self-explanatory and implied a God standard of absolute perfection above all other types of perfections.
Note my argument is against the idea and existence of an ideal God which is real in reality as claimed by theists. You don’t seem to be in tune with this but is arguing with a straw man.
You confusion is you are not able to differentiate ‘relative’ and ‘absolute’ perfection. In addition, the idea of God is a distinct type of absolutely absolute perfection, i.e. ontological.