RE: The Principle of Contingent Causation: The Impossibility of Infinite Regress.
July 3, 2023 at 11:28 am
(This post was last modified: July 3, 2023 at 11:32 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(July 3, 2023 at 9:07 am)Belacqua Wrote:(July 2, 2023 at 9:21 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Implicit in your argument is that a "being" of some sort or other caused anything.
No, that's not what the argument says.
It sounds as if you are anthropomorphizing the First Cause by calling it a being, with the indefinite article. The First Cause is not a being, it is being.
Go back and reread what he wrote. He quite literally wrote "In other words, at least One Being in Existence exists non-contingently" (bold added). If he's not stating the argument right by your view, take that up with him, 'cause it ain't my problem. I'm answering his argument directly, and pointing out that he's trying to smuggle a being in arbitrarily.
He needs to demonstrate that this could not possibly be a process and must be a being (complete with capital B!), and then he need to justify jumping from a creative being to his particular godling.
Let me go get some popcorn. He's gonna need a bigger boat.
In the meantime, you should pay attention to what you're reading and responding to.
