RE: Arguments for God's Existence from Contingency
November 28, 2017 at 10:38 am
(This post was last modified: November 28, 2017 at 10:38 am by Neo-Scholastic.)
(November 28, 2017 at 3:24 am)Hammy Wrote: 1. Yes nonexistence is impossible.
2. No, it has not been proven that the first cause was a supernatural prime mover with a mind called "God."
Because it takes further demonstrations to make that clear. A single demonstration does not a full philosophy make. All the argument shows is that there is something that matches a role or attribute traditionally ascribed to God.
(November 28, 2017 at 3:24 am)Hammy Wrote: 3. All the talk about potentiality is nonsense because actuality is the only thing that is actual and therefore existent.
If you think that then I suggest you go back and look at how Aristotle resolved the dilemma between Parmenides and Heraclitus. We stand on the shoulders of giants and ignore their contributions at out peril.