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Chain 48
From Chains of Reason
The First Cause Argument does not prove the existence of a unique, ever-present, all-powerful, all-knowing and all-good god.
Preliminary reading
Chain 43: There exists a god or multiple gods. [the First Cause Argument (or Cosmological Argument)]
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- Premise 1
- The conclusion of the First Cause Argument is limited to the existence of a god, or multiple gods, at some point prior to the existence of the universe.
- Premise 2
- A god which existed at some point prior to the existence of the universe does not not necessarily exist now, and is not necessarily an all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good god.
- Conclusion
- The First Cause Argument does not prove the existence of a unique, ever-present, all-powerful, all-knowing and all-good god.
- see also:
- Chain 44: The First Cause Argument is self-contradictory.
- topic: The existence of a god or gods
External links
- Cosmological argument - Wikipedia article
