Different understandings of the role of God
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- Created on: 17-03-14 09:07
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- Different understandings of the role of God
- TEMPORAL FIRST CAUSE
- God began process, now ceases as it doesn't depend on him.
- SUSTAINER OF MOTION, CAUSATION AND EXISTENCE
- COPLESTON- Aq=in esse=idea of sustainer
- Continued existence= necessary for sustaining M, C AND E
- Everything continues to depend on G for its existence= ontological first cause
- EXPLANATION OF WHY THERE IS SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING
- The fact there is something= need explanation
- The fact something exists doesn't explain its existence
- Principle of sufficient reason= need for explanation
- Explanation= outside t+s
- Explanation doesn't depend on further explanation
- TEMPORAL FIRST CAUSE
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