Dear Jayceeii,
Thank you for your comment. It seems there are some misunderstanding so I will need to clarify some points to further aid the discussion. My use of the term Maximally Great Being is related to that which is used in the ontological argument. The term may not explain God entirely, but it provides enough qualities to be used. I would refer you to Dr Craig's talks on this topic for further details. When I use the term "reality", I mean it to involve everything that exists/can exist. Therefore when I make the comment if reality exists, that would include God. That syllogism is tentative and I am happy for its premises to change, I used it to simply get my idea cross. My question is what I raised in the title, which is, what could possibly prevent God's existence? To me, the existence of God is self evident. We already know reality exists and I cannot put forward a case which any "laws" could prevent the existence of this Maximally Great Being which we call God.
I’ve examined the ontological arguments, and they don’t amount to much. Perhaps you could restate the specific argument which has swayed your mind, and I would try to “unsway” it. In general the fault is that it creates an imaginary God which is after the human fancy, completely ignoring the Real and Living God. To think about what God is like is much more than a word game, and if the words are constructed that “God exists,” the thoughts behind the words are still very suspect if they’re occurring in human minds.
Craig is not difficult to refute, but he seems impossible to save. My hypothesis has become that any grown man or woman believing the Christian story, has allowed their thought structures to become too childish and ridiculous, to be brought to the true story. The moderators have tolerated my presence here, for which I’m grateful, but they’re still staying in the shadows. I always write respectfully, but it seems it is incorrect to presume theology is the pursuit of God. If God comes too close they say, “We should look elsewhere.” You’re bowing to Craig as an authority, but his wisdom hasn’t impressed me. I believe he’s involved in a process of double-arguing, bending over backwards to help the Christians. He stands as a force on the human plane, but not because he has the truth.
You say that “reality” to you is “everything that exists/can exist,” but I’d repeat that the meaning of this statement to you depends on your level of perception. If you are limited to a material perception with no experience of spirit (your own soul), although your words point to “the all,” there is no meaningful ideation occurring in your mind with respect to “the all.” If the angels speak of “the all,” they mean the realm of the spiritual presence of the souls, and heaven itself, of which they have experience. But they are wise enough to know that if the Lord speaks of “the all,” there are many things beyond them. Are you wise enough to know the limits of your knowledge? Or have you seen heaven?
This is really important because if you are limited to a material perception, there are no pointers from “the all” to a “maximally great being.” The story of the atheists that all arose by random chance is a strong one, and Craig has not been able to throw it down although he dances around the question with a surface logic that has distracted many from the core truths, as seems to have occurred in your case. Are you following the words as mere sounds, or can you penetrate to the meanings of the words? This is a fault of humans, the sound itself is enough, and logic won’t reach them. They’re placated easily.
On the other hand, if you have a spiritual perception, there are pointers to the Creator. This is the real source of the doubling-back wisdom of Craig, as well as great figures in history such as Aquinas. When the soul itself is seen, the entity has direct proof of the Creator’s hand. He can see that the soul did not make itself, and contains many complex structures or organs that could have arisen in only one way, by a Designer. Then, this is how the disciples recognized Jesus. Knowing themselves as created souls, they could see that the Lord did not have a created soul. Knowing God made you, doesn’t give much insight into God’s qualities or intentions. But they know that only Jesus on the Earth could be God, and learn to trust Him to reveal the knowledge and intent of the “Father.”