Originally posted by 37818
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Well, did we not agree that what is uncaused is not caused? The regression as a whole is uncaused, and all its parts are caused.
Caused existence is contingent on there being uncaused existence. The regression as a whole is uncaused existence. All the caused existences which comprise the uncaused regression are caused. The caused existences are not uncaused. The whole regression is not caused.
Well, is not the uncaused existence of the regression made up of caused existences?
So are you arguing the uncaused regession is not any kind of reason for the infinite set of causes in which there would be no first cause?
Infinite set of causes with no first cause = uncaused regression of causes.
No. First and foremost God is uncaused existence. An uncaused cause is two things. While it is uncaused existence, it is also a cause. Causes are typically temporal and finite. Unless of course you allow an infinite regression with no first cause to have been caused. Which you do not want to conceptually to allow.
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