H."Am I sure?" Pretty sure...but a good question to ask, yes?
Here's something funny. The day before you posted the reply that includes the
sentence below, I read the following sentence and said to myself, "I must look
up this word "noumenal." (Yes, I'd say I'm a beginner in a lot o
Re "The Buddhist idea of Dependent Co-Arising, which is a philosophy that would
allow for the concept of infinite regression to exist":
Intriguing suggestion. Never thought of that. You sure you're a novice?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
These Crash Courses are good at i
Judy,
I personally liked to use the Kalaam Cosmological Argument (KCA) when
discussing this topic. I enjoyed debating this topic with our former members,
like Curtis and Xeno. But they seemed to skip a thought in making their
position, or gloss over a counter point, which convinced me t
Emily,
When the so-called atheists, like Xeno and Curtis, were members here in this
forum, I used the Kalaam Cosmological to argue the position of theism.
Kalam cosmological argument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalam_cosmological_argument
Kalam cosm
The apparent weaknesses in the arguments of Aquinas is probably the reason why
MMY decided to explain existence in holistic terms, such as the
rishi-devata-chandas relationship within the Unified Field. Dr. Tony Nader
gave a lecture at Stanford on this subject about a year ago, which is availab
Be aware that "first cause" in Aquinas's thinking doesn't mean *temporal* first
cause but *ontological* first cause.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
The Cosmological arguments of Aquinas. Also discusses flaws and
counterarguments.
Aquinas basically examines causes an
These Crash Courses are good at instructing the ignorant masses.
At about 8:15 in, he states that Aquinas takes it as a given that everything
must have a cause other than itself, and that therefore, his argument of God as
"first cause" is self-defeating because why wouldn't "God" have to abi
