(October 11, 2014 at 1:50 pm)Dolorian Wrote: Ed Feser makes an argument for God by starting with change; using a hierarchical series of causes as opposed to a linear series (he even admits that a linear series could well be infinite, having no first member). What the argument seeks to establish is that at any given moment, the universe stands in need of being kept in existence by God
The argument he makes sounds more like proof for the God Particle than for god.
(October 11, 2014 at 1:50 pm)Dolorian Wrote: (ie. the water is held up by the cup which is held up by the table which is itself held up by the floor, which in turn is held up by the earth, etc, all the way to God).
And the earth by the four elephants and those elephants by the cosmic Turtle. (I know, others beat me to it).
I couldn't listen to all of his bullshit, but I did brave through up to 36 minutes. Much of his arguments come from Aristotelean physics - something the real world has moved on from quite some time ago. There is also a lot of equivocation going on along with a host of other logical fallacies every step of the way. All in all, his reasoning sounds all profound and insightful but wouldn't stand up to any serious scrutiny.
