RE: The Principle of Contingent Causation: The Impossibility of Infinite Regress.
July 5, 2023 at 2:42 am
(This post was last modified: July 5, 2023 at 2:45 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(July 5, 2023 at 1:57 am)Belacqua Wrote: These are characteristics of contingent things. Something that isn't contingent hasn't come to be, by definition.
If a non-contingent creator "hasn't come to be, by definition", then you are doubling down on special pleading. Explain why everything else needs a cause, but your creator doesn't.
(July 5, 2023 at 1:57 am)Belacqua Wrote: The gist of the argument is that contingent things can only exist because there is one non-contingent thing.
You've just argued above that non-contingent beings haven't come to be and now 50 words later you're arguing again they they are required. Might you make up your mind?
(July 5, 2023 at 1:57 am)Belacqua Wrote: Normally we say that things which come to be have been caused by something else, but if you have a way of describing how something can come to be without relying on the existence of a prior thing, then that would be interesting to know.
You should check out some quantum mechanics. You might learn a little.
(July 5, 2023 at 1:57 am)Belacqua Wrote: You misunderstand me.
I probably understand you more than you'd like. I know bullshit when I smell it. High-falutin' words don't put me off, and tossing them into a salad only makes me look for some dressing.
Now explain to me again how a non-contingent being doesn't exist at all, but is required for contingent beings. Take your time, I'm headed off to sleep so you've got a few hours to get your act together.
Weak shit. Weak.
