Do you believe in God? Why/Why not?

[WolfpackN64]

palou said:

WolfpackN64 said:

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.

"If it was an infinite contingent chain, the chain would simply not exist."

 

 

? why?

Contingent events and beings can't cause themselves. They cause and are caused. Going backwards in the chain, there needs to be an efficient first cause (a necessary cause). If this wasn't the case, since contingent events can't cause themself, the chain would't have sprung into existance in the first place.