(April 17, 2015 at 8:16 pm)noctalla Wrote: I don't know if this argument has been made before (it probably has) but I thought I'd present it here and solicit some critiques. The argument is neither atheist nor theist in nature, but attempts to address the issue of first cause vs. infinite regression.Agreed.
[i] the Universe Exists.
Quote:[ii] It could not have been the case that there was a state of affairs in which the Universe did not have the potential to exist (or the Universe would not currently exist).False.
Quote:[iii] This potentiality, whatever its properties, cannot be absolutely nothing.Why not?
Quote:[iv] Therefore, something has always existed.