It doesn't? So, an event can be contingent on something that hasn't happened yet? Whoa!
And yes, there IS a reason to conclude that the First Cause is a person--because WE are persons. Nothing can give what it does not have.
Hmmm... So, God must have a belly button because we have belly buttons? God must have DNA because we have DNA? God must be material because we are material?
It doesn't? So, an event can be contingent on something that hasn't happened yet? Whoa!
No. I meant that one being can be contingent on another, both existing simultaneously.
And yes, there IS a reason to conclude that the First Cause is a person--because WE are persons. Nothing can give what it does not have.
Hmmm... So, God must have a belly button because we have belly buttons? God must have DNA because we have DNA? God must be material because we are material?
Of course not. That's primitive thinking. God must be greater and more perfect than we are, in order for us to be what we are. What he cannot be is something less than we are.