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Posted by Tomm Becker on June 09, 19100 at 17:46:32:
determinism implies a creator
According to the "doctrine" of determinism, every event is caused by a preceding event. If this is true, i can trace the actions that i take now in typing this comment on this web page back as far as i wanted to with enough information. I propose that it is IMPOSSIBLE for me to trace back the causes and effects that culminated in this instant back and back and back for infinity.
Let me use an example. If i see a train going by at a crossing, and i see many boxcars going by. I see one boxcar and i see that it is being pulled by the car in front of it. I see that this boxcar is, in turn, being pulled by the car in front of it. This chain of boxcars pulling boxcars cannot go on forever. I must find the train engine at the front, or there would be nothing to pull the cars.
In the same way, there must be a proverbial "train engine" in the universe. i cannot trace back the causes of the universe infinately, it is not possible. There must be this "unmoved mover" that created the universe. This seems unfathomable, but i cannot be any other way.
If you disagree or want to talk about this, send me an email. Its tbbecker@bradfordgroup.com
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