A Necessary Being?

[RoadRunner79]

RoadRunner,

I think that the concept of necessary being is always relativistic. If not, all we are saying is that a being is necessary because we say so. Saying that something cannot 'not exist', begs the question 'why?', which can only be answered by pointing at an existant that it caused.

I just want to make sure that I am understanding you correctly.  It appears to me, that you are referring to necessary vs contingent in a relational sense.   For example, Y is contingent upon X, therefore X is necessary for Y.  Is this correct, or am I missing something?

(also sorry, about confusing you for someone else earlier... I think I was looking at another thread, and the avatars where similar, and didn't pay enough attention.)