RE: The Principle of Contingent Causation: The Impossibility of Infinite Regress.
July 22, 2023 at 1:12 pm
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2023 at 1:14 pm by Nishant Xavier.)
CCC 1263 on the effects of Baptism: "1263 By Baptism all sins are forgiven, original sin and all personal sins, as well as all punishment for sin.66 In those who have been reborn nothing remains that would impede their entry into the Kingdom of God, neither Adam's sin, nor personal sin, nor the consequences of sin, the gravest of which is separation from God." (CCC 1263).
I may lack many things, Angrboda, but the discussion is not about me. [I am striving for Sanctity, but I don't claim to be a saint. God will make Saints of those who surrender their lives to Him and live in obedience to Him.] The discussion is about whether a First Cause of the Universe exists, an Eternal First Being who caused all Temporal Beings to begin to exist. The evidences given earlier in this thread fairly make the case for that. Since Bn depends on Bn-1 for all temporal n, this series could not go on until infinity. Granted that we got here, there was a being B2, who depended on a non-Temporal, i.e. Eternal B1. Since there was no B0, B1 is Eternal, i.e. has no Beginning or End.
The reasons for this were given earlier. Anyone who actually ends up counting to infinity may show me his results, and I'll concede the Argument. Lol.
I may lack many things, Angrboda, but the discussion is not about me. [I am striving for Sanctity, but I don't claim to be a saint. God will make Saints of those who surrender their lives to Him and live in obedience to Him.] The discussion is about whether a First Cause of the Universe exists, an Eternal First Being who caused all Temporal Beings to begin to exist. The evidences given earlier in this thread fairly make the case for that. Since Bn depends on Bn-1 for all temporal n, this series could not go on until infinity. Granted that we got here, there was a being B2, who depended on a non-Temporal, i.e. Eternal B1. Since there was no B0, B1 is Eternal, i.e. has no Beginning or End.
The reasons for this were given earlier. Anyone who actually ends up counting to infinity may show me his results, and I'll concede the Argument. Lol.
