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Chain 44
From Chains of Reason
The First Cause Argument is self-contradictory.
Preliminary reading
Chain 43: There exists a god or multiple gods. [the First Cause Argument (or Cosmological Argument)]
Link 1
- Premise 1
- The First Cause Argument contains the premises 'Everything that exists was caused to exist' and 'Only a god could be an uncaused cause'.
- Premise 2
- A god which exists and is an uncaused cause could not have been caused to exist.
- Conclusion
- The First Cause Argument is self-contradictory.
- see also:
- Chain 48: The First Cause Argument does not prove the existence of a unique, ever-present, all-powerful, all-knowing and all-good god.
- topic: The existence of a god or gods
External links
- Cosmological argument - Wikipedia article
- Primum movens - Wikipedia article
