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Argument for a Beginningless Existence

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Argument for a Beginningless Existence
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RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence
April 17, 2015 at 9:58 pm
(April 17, 2015 at 9:52 pm)Surgenator Wrote:
(April 17, 2015 at 8:16 pm)noctalla Wrote: I don't know if this argument has been made before (it probably has) but I thought I'd present it here and solicit some critiques. The argument is neither atheist nor theist in nature, but attempts to address the issue of first cause vs. infinite regression. 

[i] the Universe Exists. 
Agreed.


Quote:[ii] It could not have been the case that there was a state of affairs in which the Universe did not have the potential to exist (or the Universe would not currently exist). 
False.

Why is this false?


Quote:[iii] This potentiality, whatever its properties, cannot be absolutely nothing.
Why not?

Potential is something. 


Quote:[iv] Therefore, something has always existed.
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Argument for a Beginningless Existence

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Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by noctalla - April 17, 2015 at 8:16 pm
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by noctalla - April 17, 2015 at 9:38 pm
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by noctalla - April 17, 2015 at 9:58 pm
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by Surgenator - April 17, 2015 at 10:21 pm
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by noctalla - April 17, 2015 at 10:30 pm
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by Surgenator - April 17, 2015 at 10:42 pm
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by bennyboy - April 17, 2015 at 11:49 pm
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by noctalla - April 18, 2015 at 12:35 am
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by Esquilax - April 17, 2015 at 10:31 pm
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by noctalla - April 17, 2015 at 10:45 pm
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by Mudhammam - April 18, 2015 at 1:08 am
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by robvalue - April 18, 2015 at 2:35 am
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by Mudhammam - April 18, 2015 at 3:28 am
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by Alex K - April 18, 2015 at 3:07 am
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by Mudhammam - April 18, 2015 at 4:09 pm
RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence - by noctalla - April 18, 2015 at 7:55 pm

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