RE: The Principle of Contingent Causation: The Impossibility of Infinite Regress.
July 6, 2023 at 4:54 am
Helios, and I did not say it was universal. I said, rather, alien creators would lead to an infinite regress, and thus would not exclude the need for a first cause. You can check up Directed Panspermia. That's what it called in the literature. I would also give links for the 55% thing if 30 days were up, but you can find it by a brief Google Search.
Brewer, ok, you can do that. But no matter how much dirt you pile up, the amount will always be finite. An actual infinite cannot be formed by successive addition.
Fake Messiah, no, actually, you're a Militant Atheist and a bigoted Christophobe with a brainwashed paranoia against Christians.
Deese, no, I'm not. I understand what Atheism is better than you, and that's why I know it's not incompatible with (although it doesn't require) a belief in Aliens.
[And yeah, I'm going to respond in kind to some of you Militant Atheists from now on. Just putting you on notice. To others, I will respond normally]
Peebothuhlu, ok, I understand your perspective. I may not agree with it but I understand it. You are an Atheist. You believe in Aliens. You say, because life exists here, it may exist elsewhere also. That's fine and I understand. Whether you believe in Panspermia or not is a separate issue. You said you don't. I also don't. Some do. Articles have been written about it. As for the possibility of extra-terrestrial life, created by God, existing somewhere else in the Universe, I don't exclude it altogether. The point here is that only, even were all of that true, a First Cause would still exist, based on pure mathematics. You can never show that a B1, a First Being does not exist, unless you posit an Infinite Number of Beings. And because an Infinite Number of Beings cannot exist, therefore, a First Being exists, and being the first, He is not contingent on a prior being.
Brewer, ok, you can do that. But no matter how much dirt you pile up, the amount will always be finite. An actual infinite cannot be formed by successive addition.
Fake Messiah, no, actually, you're a Militant Atheist and a bigoted Christophobe with a brainwashed paranoia against Christians.
Deese, no, I'm not. I understand what Atheism is better than you, and that's why I know it's not incompatible with (although it doesn't require) a belief in Aliens.
[And yeah, I'm going to respond in kind to some of you Militant Atheists from now on. Just putting you on notice. To others, I will respond normally]
Peebothuhlu, ok, I understand your perspective. I may not agree with it but I understand it. You are an Atheist. You believe in Aliens. You say, because life exists here, it may exist elsewhere also. That's fine and I understand. Whether you believe in Panspermia or not is a separate issue. You said you don't. I also don't. Some do. Articles have been written about it. As for the possibility of extra-terrestrial life, created by God, existing somewhere else in the Universe, I don't exclude it altogether. The point here is that only, even were all of that true, a First Cause would still exist, based on pure mathematics. You can never show that a B1, a First Being does not exist, unless you posit an Infinite Number of Beings. And because an Infinite Number of Beings cannot exist, therefore, a First Being exists, and being the first, He is not contingent on a prior being.
