(September 21, 2014 at 6:21 pm)Chuck Wrote:"a god whose set of causes" - the premise is faulty so the argument ends there. Aristotle argued, there must be a reality that causes but is itself uncaused.(September 19, 2014 at 10:40 pm)snowtracks Wrote: then he agrees that God is uncaused since cause and effect transactions only apply to the cosmic timeline.
Of course I agree god is uncaused, that's why is nonexistent.
Since nothing can be greater than its cause, as you so elegantly mumbled while chewing your own foot, a god whose set of causes is empty must itself be no more than nothing, possibly less.
Atheist Credo: A universe by chance that also just happened to admit the observer by chance.