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Pawn Dev · 80w
The atheist option is self defeating. To affirm that there is no God is to affirm that reality is impossible. If the material world has a begining, it must have a cause that transcends it, hence there...
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Interesting take. I don't find this argument to be convincing on its own. Why does there have to be an ultimate cause? I'm not saying I believe otherwise, but I think it is worth discussing.

You seem to be saying that the ultimate cause of the universe is God, that if it exists, it is some kind of God, by definition, thus refuting the categorical rejection and quick dismissal of God's existence that atheists often make. Makes sense to me, if there is an ultimate cause governing the rules of the universe or the creation of the universe, which I believe there is.
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Pawn Dev · 79w
The need for the first cause of all things comes from aristotelian philosophy and was refined by saint Thomas on his 5 proofs. The reasoning is that for something to have being it can either have being in itself, which means it exists permanently and eternaly, or it must receive being, that is, it h...