(November 22, 2016 at 7:55 am)robvalue Wrote: All these arguments are really saying are:
1. Some things need a cause. [Fair enough, although you should really talk about material and efficient causes to be clear]
2. Out of the things that need causes, there can't be infinite regression. [This is just an unsupported assertion, but let's allow it]
3. So there must be something that doesn't need a cause starting the chain.
That would indeed be special pleading. Fortunately that's not close to any demonstration Aquinas gave.
