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Is there a name for this line of thought? I’ve run into it a few times and find it compelling.

• analog31 5y ago
  To me it seems equivalent to the "first cause" argument of Thomas Aquinas.
• tjader 5y ago
  Deism?
• notsureaboutpg 5y ago
  I mean, it's just theism. Atheism is the rejection of this belief. I think it's a pretty logical step from this to, if our origin is unknown there are two options: 1) Our origin was an accident (and whatever creative force there was was undirected and intentionless), this logically leads down the road to nihilism. 2) Our origin was purposeful (and the creative force behind us was directed and intentioned), this logically leads to some kind of religion.
• scythe 5y ago
  It's generally called pantheism, although there has been dispute [1] that Spinoza's account was truly pantheism. Similar ideas exist in Hindu philosophy, and some argue the analogy is deep [2]. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panentheism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panentheism 2: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4546&context=ocj https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=454...
• hcrisp 5y ago
  Check out "cosmological argument" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_argument https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_argument
• ThalesX 5y ago
  You can also check out Aristotle's primum movens (prime mover) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmoved_mover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmoved_mover