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The argument for God’s existence that I will put forth here as concisely as possible will be numbered for reference. Thus, post 1, is the preamble to the premise.
Why a preamble?
Perhaps the following will explain.
The four universal concepts utilized by the Causal Argument that I’ll be putting forth are: space, time, mass, and mind.
These are the only universal concepts that need to be utilized for the purpose of grasping this argument. The argument is given in the form of an abstract, conceptual system. This conceptual system can be applied to the world of our immediate experience in order to make sense of this world of experience.
The causal argument is called a causal argument because it expounds a causal process. This causal process purports to account for the origination of the four universals of space, time, mass, and mind.
This causal process is explained in terms of a series and by employing the concept of cause and effect and their necessary relation/connection.
The explanation is also a priori, in that it is grounded on pure reason, as opposed to concrete experience and observation. Though while it is a priori, this causal process makes sense out of the world of our personal experience in that it offers an account of change by means of the explanation it puts forth for space and time. This will be clarified more fully toward the end of this argument.
Most importantly this argument necessitates the existence of a Supreme, or an Absolute Mind, and Absolute Being to whom we may attribute the apparent intelligent design of the universe. This Absolute Being we may also call God.
The two attributes of God that are rationally justified by this argument are the attributes of omnipotence and omniscience. To understand how these attributes are rationally attributable to God one must take into account all four of the a priori principles put forth in this causal argument.
The first principle to be advanced is the Causal Principle. Refer to post 2 for the explanation of this principle.
The other three principles to be advanced from the Causal Principle, are:
The principle of divergence, the principle of equal relation, and the principle of progressive design, in that order.
The first three principles constitute the Formative Phase of the causal process here expounded, and that accounts for the emergence and possibility of the four universals of space, time, mass, and mind.
The fourth principle, the progressive principle of design, can be called the Design Phase, and this principle provides an account of the Absolute Mind/Being to whom we may attribute the intelligent design of the universe. It is the argument overall, however, that provides a strictly philosophical, rational, a priori proof for the existence of this Absolute Being.
This is the end of the preamble.
If anyone has any immediate questions, I’ll take them into consideration. But I’d like to keep these threads down to a bare minimum of postings, until the argument has been fully presented.
Why a preamble?
Perhaps the following will explain.
The four universal concepts utilized by the Causal Argument that I’ll be putting forth are: space, time, mass, and mind.
These are the only universal concepts that need to be utilized for the purpose of grasping this argument. The argument is given in the form of an abstract, conceptual system. This conceptual system can be applied to the world of our immediate experience in order to make sense of this world of experience.
The causal argument is called a causal argument because it expounds a causal process. This causal process purports to account for the origination of the four universals of space, time, mass, and mind.
This causal process is explained in terms of a series and by employing the concept of cause and effect and their necessary relation/connection.
The explanation is also a priori, in that it is grounded on pure reason, as opposed to concrete experience and observation. Though while it is a priori, this causal process makes sense out of the world of our personal experience in that it offers an account of change by means of the explanation it puts forth for space and time. This will be clarified more fully toward the end of this argument.
Most importantly this argument necessitates the existence of a Supreme, or an Absolute Mind, and Absolute Being to whom we may attribute the apparent intelligent design of the universe. This Absolute Being we may also call God.
The two attributes of God that are rationally justified by this argument are the attributes of omnipotence and omniscience. To understand how these attributes are rationally attributable to God one must take into account all four of the a priori principles put forth in this causal argument.
The first principle to be advanced is the Causal Principle. Refer to post 2 for the explanation of this principle.
The other three principles to be advanced from the Causal Principle, are:
The principle of divergence, the principle of equal relation, and the principle of progressive design, in that order.
The first three principles constitute the Formative Phase of the causal process here expounded, and that accounts for the emergence and possibility of the four universals of space, time, mass, and mind.
The fourth principle, the progressive principle of design, can be called the Design Phase, and this principle provides an account of the Absolute Mind/Being to whom we may attribute the intelligent design of the universe. It is the argument overall, however, that provides a strictly philosophical, rational, a priori proof for the existence of this Absolute Being.
This is the end of the preamble.
If anyone has any immediate questions, I’ll take them into consideration. But I’d like to keep these threads down to a bare minimum of postings, until the argument has been fully presented.