Trademark argument

Connections List
 * Perception Arguments
 * Infinity
 * Descartes

Scope
 * Arguments for God (or related concepts) using the Trademark function

Topics
 * Trademark function
 * Possible properties
 * Arguments from personal experience
 * Verses

TRADEMARK function https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_argument Any concept we have comes from somewhere or is constructed out of other concepts. (Or you could even argue that construct forms are also only learned). Therefore if we have a concept, it came from somewhere. E.g. if we have a concept infinity, then there is something infinite somewhere. Descartes used this argument in a little more detail to argue for Gods existence. I don't buy it without more support due to constructed ideas (like unicorns). But perfection could be in the same category as infinity (which is what Descartes uses)

Possible properties
 * Infinity (not just "without limit" but real infinity - see connection)
 * Perfection
 * Agape

Personal experience
 * I think that personal encounters with God can be legitimately used as a basis for a personal faith due to the trademark argument. You experience something which did not come from you, had to some from somewhere, and if it didn't come from the world then it came from God. Also, of emotional/theological significance, that experience is one of power and has context, revelation, etc.
 * A similar function could come from testimony and life change. Essentially, such a drastic life change couldn't happen through mere placebo and discipline. There is a real Spirit working in the person.

Verses supporting arguments from personal experience
 * Romans 5:5 "And [we know] hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us."
 * Other verses about HS seal - like Eph 1