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To: betty boop
Because First Causes conceivably may not lie in the same domain or dimension as physical entities themselves?

BB, my sweet! Ah yes, First Causes ... one of my favorite topics.

A "First Cause" is, by definition, an un-caused cause. This is a major problem, at least for me. The whole idea behind our search for causes is our firm, experience-based understanding that things have causes. Yet here we have the concept of a "first cause" -- a thing unlike all other things -- a thing with no cause whatsoever. This contradicts all of our experience and everything we know about cause-and-effect. So for me, the entire business of First Causes belongs in the realm of theology. By saying that I mean to say it's one of the things I guess I'll never understand.

147 posted on 11/30/2001 7:09:12 AM PST by PatrickHenry
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To: PatrickHenry
A good and honest answer, at your #147 Patrick. Thank you very much for writing. Maybe we'll chat some more about this in due course. All my best -- bb.
149 posted on 11/30/2001 7:34:07 AM PST by betty boop
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