(April 18, 2012 at 1:42 am)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: So, are you saying that everything is contingent and nothing is necessary? I might agree with you, but I can't comprehend the possibility of an infinite number of contingencies.
No, I'm saying that any statement about contingency or necessity would derive its validity from a prior premise, going back to an axiomatic premise. Clearly, in this case, god is not the axiomatic premise since it is the necessity of his nature that is being discussed. Which means that there would need to be a premise upon which even god's nature would rely upon as basis.
