RE: First Cause Argument
April 24, 2014 at 6:16 am
(This post was last modified: April 24, 2014 at 6:17 am by ManMachine.)
(April 23, 2014 at 10:21 pm)Godlesspanther Wrote: At one time it was things like lightening, volcanos, rain, tides, etc. I find it rather telling that theists now have to go all the way back to first cause.
To be fair to the OP, St Thomas was writing about the first cause in the thirteenth century. The concept of first cause (or prime mover as Aquinas called it) has been conflated into the more recent debate about the origins of the Universe by the latest pernicious breed of creationists in an attempt to give their argument more weight. It hasn't worked.
I can only assume they feel unloved by their god and are filling the void by choking-up all corners of the web with badly researched, poorly understood pseudoscience in an attempt to get his attention.
MM
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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
