RE: Atheism = Desperation
November 3, 2014 at 5:15 pm
(This post was last modified: November 3, 2014 at 5:16 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(November 3, 2014 at 4:52 pm)Esquilax Wrote: How does "exists within a set of parameters as opposed to just... whatever, whenever," imply "must have had a prime mover"?Because a cause is necessary to define that set of parameters. What category of cause explains the existence of a set of parameters? Methodological naturalism provides only two options: material and efficient.
(November 3, 2014 at 4:52 pm)Esquilax Wrote: What would make you think that, absent some creative force starting the universe, that absolutely everything would be possible at all times?(emphasis mine)Again your misunderstanding of the unmoved mover argument shows. As formulated by Aquinas, the unmoved mover argument says nothing about the initial conditions of the universe and, in fact, applies whether the universe had a specific temporal start or is eternal.
