So, God should exist to satisfy your cause-effect mental scheme, — Angelo Cannata
Why not?The why question doesn't apply to the existence of gods, as eternal intelligences don't require another reason. — Hillary
No. No.Is my argument sound? Can we say it's a proof even?
Yes. Yes.So the universe exists without a reason? All life exists without a reason? — Hillary
NB: The only "reason for existence" that does not beg the question (i.e. an infinite regress) – that is rational – is that there is no reason for existence. — 180 Proof
Why can't the material world exist eternally (ie at all times, even if the past is finite)? This doesn't entail "popping into existence", it means never NOT existing.How can dead stuff, out of which life evolved, just exist, even eternally, without a cause, or better, a reason for its existence? Letting it pop into existence by some "mindless spark", like brother — Hillary
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