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palou said:
WolfpackN64 said:

Again, because contingent causes can't cause themselves, they need to be caused. You need an efficient first cause so you can start the chain. Once started, your cause can advance infinitly.

I'm not talking about anything causing itself, I simply mean that I don't see a reason for there not to be an infinite number of events. there's an infinite number of events between our two replies, for example.

Do you mean an infinite number of events? Because that there is. I'm specifically about an infinite regress not being possible. If it was an infinite contingent chain, the chain would simply not exist.