(August 13, 2012 at 11:50 am)Josh Rasmussen Wrote: Many thanks for the helpful feedback here on the necessary being survey. I've revised one of the "conclusion" pages so that it doesn't inadvertently sound "condescending". I value your comments.
I don't have a comment about the survey per se, but am intrigued by the argument.
I don't have any problem with the structure of the basic argument, but I have a potential issue with the definition of NB. As Annik stated before, the given definition suggests that it could be anything (NB: Something that (i) can cause something, and that (ii) must, by nature, exist.
Given the definition, both my parents became NBs as soon as I came into existence. Once this is applied to all living things, currently alive or dead, the idea of being an NB becomes quite unremarkable. This same process can be considered for non-biological processes as well; consider the origins of our solar system.
