[kosta50]

The chain never gets started

But neither was the first cause. So what's the difference?

[D-fendr]

>>>The chain never gets started
>>>But neither was the first cause.

The argument is the first cause exists (actually must exist and must be uncaused) - outside time. “Started” is a temporal term.

If it doesn’t exist, the argument goes, the dependent causes in the temporal world never get started - in time.