(November 2, 2021 at 8:12 am)Jehanne Wrote: Ergo, not every event (in physics, something that happens at a particular point in space at a particular time) has a cause; most, in fact, do not.
When discussing causality in theology, they are not talking only about efficient causes, which is what you're referring to.
Quote:Aitia (Greek: αἰτία), the word that Aristotle used to refer to the causal explanation, has, in philosophical traditional, been translated as "cause." This peculiar, specialized, technical, usage of the word "cause" is not that of everyday English language.
"The cause of X" in theology means something like "that which must be the case in order for X to be the case." All of the events in physics which you're talking about require something to be the case in order for them to happen. For example, the universe must exist. The laws of nature must be as they are. etc. etc.
Everything you're talking about has αἰτία.