RE: How to debunk the first cause argument without trying too hard
September 7, 2015 at 4:41 am
(This post was last modified: September 7, 2015 at 4:44 am by Ronkonkoma.)
(July 22, 2015 at 8:13 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Why bother with complex explanations on how we know so little about the universe that we can't make too broad assumptions when you can simply counter it with some really simple questions?sure Boss, maybe we need to fine-tune the argument a little to say:
The argument from causation, first cause or, as it is frequently called by sophisticated theologians, the cosmological argument, usually consists in the following two premises and conclusion:
1 - Everything that exists has or needs a cause
2 - The universe began to exist
3 - Therefore, the universe needs a cause
From the conclusion theists usually deduce that the only possible cause to the universe and all existence is god, given the amount of supernatural and unimaginable power required to create or just set in motion the events that lead to the creation of life, matter and our beautiful ability to breathe oxygen.
Here's how to refute it without needing to know any science at all:
Atheist asks ---> If everything that exists has or needs a cause, then god, whichever we are talking about, needs a cause as well. What caused god?
Theists replies --> God doesn't need a cause because he was always there, he is infinite, timeless, and exists outside of time and space - Hence only him could have caused the events that lead to the creation of the universe as we know it
Atheist asks - Then apparently not everything needs a cause, so why does the universe need one if god doesn't? I rest my case (And premise 1 is false)
TL;DR -----> If god doesn't need a cause then why the fuck does the universe need one? Answer - Special pleading.
1. everything in time had to have a beginning because time itself had a beginning (this is proven)
2. if something had a beginning, it needs to have had a cause
3. anything outside of time needs to have no beginning, and there fore no cause
only things in space and time need to have a cause, because they need too have a beginning by definition
thanks for listening.