RE: Dear Resident Theists
August 15, 2015 at 3:29 pm
(This post was last modified: August 15, 2015 at 3:43 pm by Longhorn.)
(August 15, 2015 at 3:24 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(August 15, 2015 at 10:45 am)Neimenovic Wrote: ...I read up about it, and I still don't understand why these qualities must necessarily be true of the first cause.Then you didn't really read it or you'd be asking better questions.
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I did read it, and I don't see why it must follow. Is it impossible for the universe to be created by a first cause not possessing these qualities? Because if no, that's a non sequitur.
Look, I'm not shitting you, I'm trying to understand it. But you're doing a lot of hand waving and linking to other posts. Can you please explain it like you would to someone who doesn't speak English as a first language? ._.
eta: ok, upon reading about all 5 ways, I'm confused as to why you would even take it seriously. The first three and the last one are just common theist arguments and likewise fallacious, and the fourth one is absolutely nonsensical. Nothing follows.