Criticisms of Aquinas' cosmological argument
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- Criticism's of Aquinas' Cosmological argument
- No reason why chain of cause and effect cannot be infinate
- Leibniz Response = would still need explanation for whole chains existence
- Nothing can cause itself!
- Self contradictory by saying God does what was claimed as impossible!
- Aquinas' response = God is unique and exists in a unique way!
- Self contradictory by saying God does what was claimed as impossible!
- Just because everything in the universe is contingent this doesn't mean the universe as a whole is contingent
- Matter might be eternal!
- Hume
- Could be a variety of first causes
- No logical reason to link to a Christian God!
- Never experienced God
- So how can you use something you have no experience in an argument?!
- Could be a variety of first causes
- No reason why chain of cause and effect cannot be infinate
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