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Am I a Deist? Cosmological Argument seems reasonable to me.
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RE: Am I a Deist? Cosmological Argument seems reasonable to me.
(September 23, 2016 at 9:49 am)_Velvet_ Wrote: But I still find it very hard to believe that the universe (or the quantum fluctuations that might have caused the big bang, or whatever you want it to be your first cause) be an uncaused cause, unless it is something different from everything we know (maybe this is argument from incredulity, but to me it really wouldn't make any sense to have a natural uncaused first cause while everything else has a cause prior, including time itself, so the only way to stop the regression of causes its coming to a "special" cause)

Yes.


Also, the cosmological argument is self-defeating. If a god can exist without a prior cause, then why can't the universe?
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RE: Am I a Deist? Cosmological Argument seems reasonable to me. - by ApeNotKillApe - September 23, 2016 at 12:29 pm

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