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Originally Posted by Actor
So it needs no cause.
Correction! I did not say such a being couldn't exist. I said there is no evidence that such a being does exist.
Translation: you're uneducated and anti-science. We've covered this before.
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Stay focused! Causes is what we're talking about. If the universe were eternal, it would need no cause because there are only two kinds of existences: Eternal or temporal (finite). If that which is eternal by nature was caused, then this means something temporal caused it, which would be self-contradictory. But we know the universe is not eternal because it is filled with Change and change requires causes, and very many changes are things coming into and going out of existence. In short, because the universe is not immutable, it cannot be eternal. Immutability is inextricably linked to eternalness.
Likewise, since God is eternal, he is not a caused entity. And since scripture teaches that one of God's attributes is immutability, then this is perfectly logical and harmonizes with his essence (nature) which is pure existence. Since God never came into existence, having no cause whatsoever, there can be no infinite regression; for infinite regression can only occur with temporal (finite) entities to which the ultimate cause is unknown or unknowable.
