RE: Argument for a Beginningless Existence
April 18, 2015 at 3:07 am
(This post was last modified: April 18, 2015 at 3:08 am by Alex K.)
(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.Excuse me for not answering earlier, but I had to sleep and other pressing needs.
[i] the Universe Exists.
[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).
[iii] This potentiality, whatever its properties, cannot be absolutely nothing.
[iv] Therefore, something has always existed.
I don't know what potentiality to exist means. Could you elaborate? Also, do you assume time to exist independent of the universe?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
