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For those who are interested, there are much better arguments than this nowadays. The so-called cosmological arguments, particularly Kalaam, are much more convi

by b800h 3y ago

For those who are interested, there are much better arguments than this nowadays. The so-called cosmological arguments, particularly Kalaam, are much more convincing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_argument#Argument_from_contingency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_argument#Argument... These get us at least as far as accepting that something beyond human comprehension brought the universe into being, and IMO give a hint of the nature of that cause.

GoblinSlayer 3y ago
Singularity brought the universe into being.
throw0101b 3y ago
> For those who are interested, there are much better arguments than this nowadays. There were better argument even in his day. See: * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35592365-five-proofs-of-the-existence-of-god https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35592365-five-proofs-of-... Which covers pre-Anselm arguments from Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine (and post-Anselm: Aquinas, Leibniz). For Aristotle, the author goes over it in this podcast (first 30m; after which some objections are covered): * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfQldsGrMfk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfQldsGrMfk