To: James C. Bennett; D-fendr
Therefore, the First Cause argument comes up short Correct. The paradox is that the god-of-gaps crowd claims God doesn't change yet God intercedes. Logic tells us that God wasn't always creating...
417 posted on
01/18/2011 10:43:05 PM PST by
kosta50
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To: kosta50; James C. Bennett
The paradox is that the god-of-gaps crowd While some, notably Acquinas, call the First Cause God, it is neither required nor inherent in the argument (actually, this fact is used against it as an argument for the existence of God.)
434 posted on
01/19/2011 10:44:16 AM PST by
D-fendr
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