(April 1, 2013 at 8:05 pm)jstrodel Wrote: Here is the argument from contingency from Aquinas. When you add up his arguments, they point towards God.
1.If something exists, there must exist what it takes for that thing to exist.
2.The universe—the collection of beings in space and time—exists.
3.Therefore, there must exist what it takes for the universe to exist.
4.What it takes for the universe to exist cannot exist within the universe or be bounded by space and time.
5. Therefore, what it takes for the universe to exist must transcend both space and time.
Infinite regress? Also, point one is way too vague.
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