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How to debunk the first cause argument without trying too hard
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RE: How to debunk the first cause argument without trying too hard
(July 23, 2015 at 11:32 am)Dystopia Wrote:
(July 22, 2015 at 9:02 pm)Cephus Wrote: Actually, modern formulations of the first cause argument will list the first premise as "everything that BEGINS to exist needs a cause", then they will declare that God never began to exist.  Really?  Prove it.  We have no evidence of anything that didn't begin to exist.  Therefore, until you can present your uncaused cause for examination, it's just a load of bullshit.

Special pleading - Either everything needs to begin to exist or otherwise we cannot be certain if anything needs to begin to exist, therefore and if god does not need to begin his existence there's no reason to think the universe does.

No, I agree with you entirely but that's how apologists have tried to do away with objections, by throwing in a couple of extra words that really have no meaning.  It's still a load of nonsense however you look at it.  I might alter the argument slightly to refer to the multiverse instead of our particular universe because we know our universe started with the Big Bang.
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RE: How to debunk the first cause argument without trying too hard - by Cephus - July 23, 2015 at 3:00 pm

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