(August 18, 2020 at 6:31 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Everything that exists must have a creator/cause/explanation. That creator/cause/explanation must be uncreated/uncaused/unexplained. This we understand to be a god. Scratch that third statement and see if you can spot another fallacy.
The fallacy is that this is a strawman. Learn to do the opposite of strawman please.
If we're talking Second Way (for example), ultimately you need something in which essence and existence are identical (or the First Cause) to cause (sustain) the existence of others (because they can't "attach" their own act of existence to their essence).