(July 13, 2013 at 1:16 pm)genkaus Wrote:The cause of all things is not a material thing itself. That is yet another qualification for the cause of the universe.(July 13, 2013 at 1:04 pm)Consilius Wrote: 1. All things are caused.
2. The cause of all things must, therefore, be uncaused.
These two statements are mutually contradictory and therefore cannot be true simultaneously. If all things are caused, then the cause of all things would also be a things which must be caused.
And with that, the rest of your argument becomes a failure.
All natural forces are caused, along with everything else, and therefore, the cause of the universe muct be supernatural, or not subject to the laws of nature, for the reason that this cause instituted the laws of nature itself.