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Hmmm. I have problems with:
3. It is better to exist than not to exist
I guess existence can be a property; after all we talk of fictional characters all the time:
Holmes is a detective.
Holmes does not exist (? add "in the real world")
I think the arguments about "surely God could exist in some possible worlds and not others" are answered by the fact that the "proof" is a priori and hence if it works in one possible world, it works in all - ie necessary.
However, I prefer to stick with the Douglas Adams approach:
"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It proves you exist, and so therefore, you don't. Q.E.D.."
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