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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. | 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 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". See [[ | + | 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". |
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| + | == See also == | ||
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| + | *[[Paradigm]] | ||
| + | *[[Entelechy]] | ||
| + | *[[Special pleading]]. | ||
[[Category:Philosophy]] | [[Category:Philosophy]] | ||
[[Category:Theology]] | [[Category:Theology]] | ||
Revision as of 03:15, October 8, 2008
The first cause is the postulate, popular in 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 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".