Unicorns Once Existed

Summary: My argument for at least the prior existence of Unicorns will be a two pronged approach, they both closely interlink but they are for two separate entities. The first will be argument for the deity, the invisible pink unicorn, the putative creator of the universe. And the second will demonstrate the existence of the original sentient creations of the invisible pink unicorn, the mammalian species, evolutionarily closely related to horses. If I can demonstrate either one of these to be reasonably true, then I have satisfied my burden of proof in this debate. Invisible Pink Unicorn: Modal Ontological Argument: The invisible pink unicorn is the proposed greatest possible thing in the universe, one such that there could not be a conceivably greater unicorn. It is possible that a maximally great unicorn exists. 2. If it is possible that a maximally great unicorn exists, then a maximally great unicorn exists in some possible world. 3. If a maximally great unicorn exists in some possible world, then it exists in every possible world. 4. If it exists in every possible world, then it exists in the actual world. 5. Therefore, a maximally great unicorn exists. This argument is logically valid, and my opponent would need to contest the premises in order to contest the conclusion. I hold that the maximally great unicorn is a strong metaphysical possibility that must be true in this world. Another formulation of the ontological argument of this is as follows: 1. It is a conceptual truth (or, so to speak, true by definition) that The Invisible Pink Unicorn is a being than which none greater can be imagined 2. The Invisible Pink Unicorn exists as an idea in the mind. 3. An Invisible Pink Unicorn that exists as an idea in the mind and in reality is, other things being equal, greater than an Invisible Pink Unicorn that exists only as an idea in the mind. 4. Thus, if the Invisible Pink Unicorn exists only as an idea in the mind, then we can imagine something that is greater than Invisible Pink Unicorn (that is, a greatest possible being that does exist). 5. But we cannot imagine something that is greater than the Invisible Pink Unicorn (for it is a contradiction to suppose that we can imagine a being greater than the greatest possible being that can be imagined.) 6. Therefore, the Invisible Pink Unicorn exists. This formulation has the advantage of directly arguing for the invisible pink unicorn, as the invisible pink unicorn is a strong concept that can exist in the mind. One interesting concept regarding the invisible pink unicorn, is the fact it is pink. Pink is purely a conceptual colour, and not one that exists anywhere in reality.Only such a being is capable of such manifestly ‘physical’ and purely conceptual properties, which is a large advantage over classical theistic Gods with internally-contradictory attributes (such as omnipotence, omnibenevolence), this example makes no such extraneous claims. Kalam Argument: Another variation of the divine unicorn argument is found in the Kalam Cosmological Argument. First I need to establish the first cause, which is done by the following syllogism: 1. Everything that begins to exist has a cause 2. The universe began to exist A. The universe has a cause In defence of premise 1, this is obviously true, everything that is formed and made is done so with pre-existing efficient causes, such as flipping a light switch to create the light, or assembling a house with workers. This trend holds at macroscopic scales with utmost religiosity. Furthermore, even microscopic scale events such as virtual particle pair production are at the best least caused by a Necessary cause (the quantum vacuum), and an efficient cause is still a matter of debate, since we cannot see at that scale what sub-sub atomic ‘ftuff’ is occurring In defence of premise 2, this is confirmed by Big Bang Cosmology, where the universe was united at a single point in the past at the singularity, the beginning of out universe, which is well established within the Alexander Guth Vilenkin theorem Now this conclusion doesn’t go far enough to demonstrate the invisible pink unicorn, of course. What we do know about this cause, is that it must be spaceless, immaterial, timeless or infinite, and causal. What causes do we know about that fit this description? 1. A personal cause 2. An impersonal cause However, all impersonal causes we know about are conceptual (which require a mind, and ironically themselves are personal!) such as numbers, descriptions, etc. All of which have questionable at best causal ability. The list of personal causes is relatively short, it’s a mind of some form. This can only be the invisible pink unicorn I argue, as it is the only non-contradictory type of mind with physical and aphysical attributes, with the only colour known to be purely conceptual. QED. Physical Species: Our evidence for the Unicorn species is rather limited. We have limited examples of this species in the fossil record, which indicates that Unicorns only sustained minor populations. There is biblical and mythological evidence in the past regarding these creatures which are now likely extinct. Job 39:9-12 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? “Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? Psalm 29:6 “He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.” Isiaah 34:7 Here we have three independent accounts of unicorns in just the biblical literature. History of Unicorns: I will discuss the unicorn’s evolutionary origins in the next round, however with our current evidence, the unicorn is no longer extant today. This is understandable, as the unicorn horn was once thought to possess powerful medicinal properties [2], and was likely hunted to extinction in the years BC. This is obvious when you consider over horned mammals, such as the elephant [3] and rhinocerous [4] Both these species are slow reproducers (less than 1 calf/year) and therefore replenish its own population slowly. The fact the unicorn is extinct makes a scientific prediction, we should find evidence that Unicorns had generally much longer lifespans (and therefore slower reproduction rates) than their fellow elephant and rhino species, as that would explain their inability to recover. Indeed we find accpording to Chinese mythology claims that the unicorns do indeed survive for thousands of years, scientifically confirming the prediction just made! [5]. References: [1] http://www.reasonablefaith.org... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org... [3] http://ibgroup4pacificacademy.blogspot.co.uk... [4] http://www.discoverafrica.com...] [5] http://www.novareinna.com...