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The Cosmological Argument and Free Will
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RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will
(September 8, 2014 at 5:59 pm)suneel Wrote: You say that
1. Anything that has a beginning has a cause.
2. The Universe had a beginning.
3. The Universe had a cause.

Well then what caused god?

I think your question is why must a regress of causes require any one link in the chain to be self-sufficient and uncaused rather than the chain as a whole to be self-sufficient, in which case it would be assumed to continue infinitely into the past? Good question for an ambitious theist.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
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The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Mudhammam - September 2, 2014 at 7:51 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Michael - September 2, 2014 at 8:03 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Mudhammam - September 2, 2014 at 8:10 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Michael - September 2, 2014 at 8:46 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Mudhammam - September 2, 2014 at 2:13 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Whateverist - September 3, 2014 at 3:38 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Diablo - September 2, 2014 at 9:37 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Michael - September 2, 2014 at 9:52 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Diablo - September 2, 2014 at 10:26 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Chas - September 15, 2014 at 10:41 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Michael - September 2, 2014 at 10:41 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Diablo - September 2, 2014 at 10:46 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Michael - September 2, 2014 at 10:56 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Diablo - September 2, 2014 at 11:13 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Michael - September 2, 2014 at 12:04 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Diablo - September 2, 2014 at 12:08 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Michael - September 2, 2014 at 12:20 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Diablo - September 2, 2014 at 12:29 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Simon Moon - September 2, 2014 at 11:15 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Drich - September 2, 2014 at 11:36 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Neo-Scholastic - September 2, 2014 at 12:25 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Diablo - September 2, 2014 at 2:31 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Michael - September 2, 2014 at 3:00 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Mudhammam - September 2, 2014 at 4:04 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Dawsonite - September 3, 2014 at 10:00 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Whateverist - September 3, 2014 at 10:04 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Dawsonite - September 3, 2014 at 10:11 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Dawsonite - September 3, 2014 at 10:17 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Dawsonite - September 3, 2014 at 10:38 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Little lunch - September 3, 2014 at 6:42 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Angrboda - September 2, 2014 at 6:02 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Michael - September 3, 2014 at 3:08 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Mudhammam - September 3, 2014 at 8:11 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by bennyboy - September 3, 2014 at 9:49 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Mudhammam - September 3, 2014 at 1:26 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Little lunch - September 3, 2014 at 9:04 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by orangebox21 - September 7, 2014 at 9:35 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by suneel - September 8, 2014 at 5:59 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Mudhammam - September 8, 2014 at 6:16 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Madness20 - September 8, 2014 at 7:46 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by orangebox21 - September 9, 2014 at 1:32 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Mudhammam - September 9, 2014 at 2:20 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by orangebox21 - September 14, 2014 at 3:16 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by genkaus - September 14, 2014 at 4:39 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by orangebox21 - September 15, 2014 at 11:20 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by genkaus - September 16, 2014 at 3:19 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Whateverist - September 9, 2014 at 8:15 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Neo-Scholastic - September 14, 2014 at 5:26 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Mudhammam - September 14, 2014 at 5:06 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Angrboda - September 14, 2014 at 6:22 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Mudhammam - September 14, 2014 at 8:47 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Mudhammam - September 15, 2014 at 8:11 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Mudhammam - September 15, 2014 at 3:22 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Neo-Scholastic - September 15, 2014 at 6:02 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Mudhammam - September 16, 2014 at 7:07 am
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by orangebox21 - September 19, 2014 at 3:25 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by genkaus - September 19, 2014 at 10:52 pm
RE: The Cosmological Argument and Free Will - by Little lunch - September 19, 2014 at 6:24 pm

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