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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, literally ''ad infinitum''.
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, literally ''ad infinitum''.
Christian theology (and 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".
Christian theology (and 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".
The first cause argument was presented by evangelical Christian philosopher T.Miethe in version resting on following premises:
*Some limited, changing being(s) exist.
*The present existence of every limited, changing being is caused by another.
*There cannot be an infinite regress of causes of being, because an infinite regress of finite beings would not cause the existence of anything.
*Therefore, there is a first Cause of the present existence of these beings.
*The first Cause must be infinite, necessary, eternal, and one.
*The first uncaused Cause is identical with the God of the Judeo-Christian tradition.<ref name="Flew">{{Cite book|title=There is a God, How the world's most notorious atheist changed his mind|author=Antony Flew|publisher=HarperOne|year=2008|isbn=978-0-06-133530-3|pages=70-71|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zbL66ePcjpQC&dq=Antony+Flew+There+is+a+God&source=bl&ots=o0jEX-bGMl&sig=Rrf5Tv5MynLGVHFOhZy95LFfLGw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Zfx_UI7sNLDY4QSLi4HAAQ&redir_esc=y|quote=}}</ref>
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== See also ==
== See also ==