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Can anyone provide an argument for a necessary being?
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RE: Can anyone provide an argument for a necessary being?
(April 21, 2014 at 11:10 pm)Metalogos Wrote: Anyway, I find this explanation very much more satisfying and acceptable than an atheistic one that gives no account for the problem of how things began to move in this universe of constant motion.


Of course this isn't a reason to share your conclusion. It is simply an explanation of why you embrace it.

(April 21, 2014 at 11:10 pm)Metalogos Wrote: Finally, it is not acceptable advise to a philosopher to suggest that because a particular idea is difficult to understand that it is best to not think about it.

But it is acceptable advice to a philosopher not to rush to judgment concerning that which he clearly does not fully grasp. To assume that everything that exists must conform to your notions of logic and limited knowledge base is hubris. It doesn't mean you may not think about it. It just means you have more thinking to do.

(April 21, 2014 at 11:10 pm)Metalogos Wrote: This is medieval thinking, my friend. I prefer the open and unconstrained pursuit of knowledge of ancient Grecian times or our own age that is finally once again free from oppressive dogmatism and stifling conservatism. We can say here and now whatever pleases our minds and have no fear of being tortured or censured for our thoughts. Let us follow them wherever they may lead, turning here and there as necessary to follow always after that elusive and beautiful creature, Truth.

And that I'm afraid makes you a poseur. Enough grandstanding. You know nothing, Jon Snow.
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RE: Can anyone provide an argument for a necessary being? - by Whateverist - April 22, 2014 at 2:26 am

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