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if god is real then...
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RE: if god is real then...
We are defining reason differently. I am defining reason as comprehensible, describable agency whose behavior can be modeled with predictive power. It doesn't matter if there is an infinite regression. If each step has an agency, then nothing exist without reason.

The chain of reasons does not need to, indeed I do not see how or why it should, ever terminate at some point. The fact that there is no initial reason doesn't mean there is no reason, simply no reason that can be encapsulated as having started it all.

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if god is real then... - by Gooders1002 - May 12, 2012 at 2:56 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by zebo-the-fat - May 12, 2012 at 3:45 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Kayenneh - May 12, 2012 at 5:40 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Nine - May 12, 2012 at 6:44 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - May 12, 2012 at 6:46 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by NoMoreFaith - May 19, 2012 at 7:26 am
RE: if god is real then... - by Anomalocaris - May 24, 2012 at 7:07 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Adjusted Sanity - May 24, 2012 at 11:13 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by genkaus - May 25, 2012 at 4:12 am
RE: if god is real then... - by Anomalocaris - May 25, 2012 at 10:26 am
RE: if god is real then... - by Minimalist - May 12, 2012 at 7:35 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Adjusted Sanity - May 13, 2012 at 12:17 am
RE: if god is real then... - by Polaris - May 18, 2012 at 9:14 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by genkaus - May 19, 2012 at 2:37 am
RE: if god is real then... - by Ace Otana - May 19, 2012 at 7:23 am
RE: if god is real then... - by Ace Otana - May 19, 2012 at 8:33 am
RE: if god is real then... - by Paul the Human - May 19, 2012 at 8:37 am
RE: if god is real then... - by Ben Davis - May 21, 2012 at 4:37 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Tobie - May 21, 2012 at 4:41 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Polaris - May 22, 2012 at 12:15 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Welsh cake - May 19, 2012 at 8:57 am
RE: if god is real then... - by kılıç_mehmet - May 19, 2012 at 9:22 am
RE: if god is real then... - by Polaris - May 19, 2012 at 11:50 am
RE: if god is real then... - by WhatIfGodWasJustAMyth - May 19, 2012 at 10:29 am
RE: if god is real then... - by Paul the Human - May 19, 2012 at 10:37 am
RE: if god is real then... - by genkaus - May 19, 2012 at 11:17 am
RE: if god is real then... - by liam - May 19, 2012 at 10:54 am
RE: if god is real then... - by Paul the Human - May 19, 2012 at 12:02 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Polaris - May 19, 2012 at 1:30 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Xyster - May 19, 2012 at 2:03 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Adjusted Sanity - May 23, 2012 at 1:58 am
RE: if god is real then... - by Polaris - May 23, 2012 at 12:30 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Welsh cake - May 23, 2012 at 1:57 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Unbeliever - May 24, 2012 at 7:02 pm
RE: if god is real then... - by Anomalocaris - May 25, 2012 at 1:51 am
RE: if god is real then... - by Adjusted Sanity - May 25, 2012 at 2:07 am
RE: if god is real then... - by average - May 25, 2012 at 12:15 pm

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