- Every finite being must have a cause.
- A casual loop cannot exist.
- A causal chain cannot be of infinite length. That is to say an infinite regress is impermissible.
- Therefore, a First Cause (or something that is not an effect) must exist
- This first cause, we call God
The evil argument against god
- God is all powerful
- God is all good
- God is all knowing
- an all powerful and all knowing god could have created no evil
- good and evil are inherently contradictory, therefore God cannot be or stand evil
- Evil exists in the world
- Therefore, God as a all powerful, knowing, and good being does not exist
i'm a litle confused as to where points 4-7 come from in the argument against god... especially #4, because it contradicts itself in the most basic form, as well as making no connection or correlation to any previous statements. (my 2 cents)
ReplyDeletepoints 1-3 are premises that must be accepted about the nature of god for the argument to work, i just numbered them for organizational purposes, the point of #4 is that god COULD make it so there was no evil in the world, given that he is All POWERFUL and all knowing
ReplyDeletepoints 4 is a theoretically extension of a hypothetical given the assumptions 1-3
point 5 is a assumption about the nature of good and evil and that god being an omnibenevolant being (all good) would not create evil
point 6 is a statement regarding the nature of reality
point 7 is the conclusions given points 4-7
Chris if anything i think the argument you are trying to make is in point 5 regarding the nature of good and evil not 4 which deals with the ability of god