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The Principle of Contingent Causation: The Impossibility of Infinite Regress.
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RE: The Principle of Contingent Causation: The Impossibility of Infinite Regress.
(July 2, 2023 at 9:07 pm)Nishant Xavier Wrote: Now, the argument may be formulated both logically and mathematically:

1. Now, every Contingent Being, by definition, is Contingent, i.e. Dependent on a Prior Being's Existence.

if we wrote it mathematically, for every Contingent Being, CB, CB(n) is dependent on CB(n-1); CB(n-1) on CB(n-2) etc.

2. But it is impossible for this series of contingent causation to go on until infinity.

Implicit in your argument is that a "being" of some sort or other caused anything.

Looks like begging the question to me. Reformulate your argument so that this undemonstrated premise is not present, and resubmit.

F for failure: assuming the conclusion.

Demonstrate that

1) this creator exists,

2) that he wasn't created by another something, and

3) and that this creator must have been a conscious being.

You cannot show any of these points.

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RE: The Principle of Contingent Causation: The Impossibility of Infinite Regress. - by Thumpalumpacus - July 2, 2023 at 9:21 pm

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