RE: I am an orthodox Christian, ask me a question!
August 13, 2009 at 6:03 pm
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2009 at 6:03 pm by LukeMC.)
(August 13, 2009 at 6:00 pm)Jon Paul Wrote:(August 13, 2009 at 5:50 pm)LukeMC Wrote: Question: is an infinite regress of causality a hard idea to accept in an infinite universe?The idea of an infinite regression of time, or of an inifinite causal regression, is not a "hard" idea, but an idea which is, a) possibily incoherent since it is irrational to say that there is an infinite regression when we have clearly reached this point in time, and it is a mathematical fact that you cannot transverse infinity, b) unverifiable and undemonstrable, c) excluded per Occams razor because there are better cosmogonies which do not invoke infinite regression.
I thought you were the one who couldn't handle a little extra "ontological complexity"? Wasn't that your holy grail in the last argument? That more ontological entities are what entails greater complexity? (and i'm referring to God being your new ontologically independent being)
