Do you believe in God? Why/Why not?

[palou]

WolfpackN64 said:

palou said:

"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.

that's assuming there is a "first place", which I don't see as necessary.

 

I also fail to see how introducing a god would solve the issue, if you would say that there is one. Does God suddenly not need a causal explanation? I find that rather cheap.