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Trains and Chains and God as First Cause

Bob Drury May 9, AD2021 2 Comments

Trains and chains are popular analogies used to illustrate the argument for a First Cause, whom we call God. See: Reasons to Believe (p. 32)

Communion, Eucharist, Eucharistic, Blessed sacrament, Mass, EMHCs, Offer it Up

Problems in Contingency I: Serial Contingency and Polytheism

Bob Drury February 12, AD2019 2 Comments

The argument for God as the first cause of serial contingency is an argument for polytheism. However, the argument fails because God cannot confer on

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Trains and Chains and God as First Cause

Bob Drury June 27, AD2018 2 Comments

Trains and chains are popular analogies used to illustrate the argument for a First Cause, whom we call God. See: Reasons to Believe (p.

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