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The '''First Cause''' is the postulate, popular in most [[Philosophy]] and [[Theology]], that, since everything that happens must have a cause, everything is traceable back to a First Cause, usually referred to as [[God]]. | The '''First Cause''' is the postulate, popular in most [[Philosophy]] and [[Theology]], that, since everything that happens must have a cause, everything is traceable back to a First Cause, usually referred to as [[God]]. | ||
| − | + | A popular argument for atheism - along with being a popular "scientific" rebuttal of [[Intelligent Design]] - is the notion of the "[[infinite regress]]". Every action or being requires a cause, so if God exists, God must have a cause; that cause also had a cause, and so on. | |
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| + | Christian theology (and maybe some other religions as well) states that God is the "uncaused First Cause", that He is "eternally self-existent", or that He is "beyond time and space". | ||
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Revision as of 19:42, April 8, 2008
The First Cause is the postulate, popular in most Philosophy and Theology, that, since everything that happens must have a cause, everything is traceable back to a First Cause, usually referred to as God.
A popular argument for atheism - along with being a popular "scientific" rebuttal of Intelligent Design - is the notion of the "infinite regress". Every action or being requires a cause, so if God exists, God must have a cause; that cause also had a cause, and so on.
Christian theology (and maybe some other religions as well) states that God is the "uncaused First Cause", that He is "eternally self-existent", or that He is "beyond time and space".