RE: Argument from contingency
April 24, 2018 at 10:29 pm
(This post was last modified: April 24, 2018 at 10:30 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(April 24, 2018 at 10:16 pm)mcc1789 Wrote: What do people here think of the argument from contingency? Here is a summary: http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/the...ntingency/
Quote:(1) Everything that exists contingently has a reason for its existence.I accept this premise.
Quote:(2) The universe exists contingently.
It depends what you mean by universe. But for sake of argument, I'll accept it.
Quote:Therefore:
(3) The universe has a reason for its existence.
I accept this.
Quote:(4) If the universe has a reason for its existence then that reason is God.
Does not follow and is yet to be demonstrated. Conclusion rejected.
Quote:Therefore:
(5) God exists.
Does not follow from (4) because (4) was rejected.