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The first four arguments of Aquinas: Unmoved mover, First cause, Contingency, and Degree are all based on an infinite regress of one sort or another. If I'm not mistaken I understand some of you believe that these arguments sort of apply as a regress to origin of the universe. The fifth Teleological argument seems to involve some kind of intelligence at the beginning of the regress.Currently what happened just before the big bang is largely a mystery to science. If Aquinas or anyone else wants to label it as a regress to "God", I have a real problem with that. That same word "God" also applies to some entity that people fear, pray to, or worship. Religious people believe that God micromanages events such as hurricanes and death and we can beseech him to control events to our advantage.I would like to distinguish definitions of God, the "first cause", and God, the micromanager. The first definition is just a label for a theological and scientific mystery. The second definition is totally theology.
The first four arguments of Aquinas: Unmoved mover, First cause, Contingency, and Degree are all based on an infinite regress of one sort or another. If I'm not mistaken I understand some of you believe that these arguments sort of apply as a regress to origin of the universe. The fifth Teleological argument seems to involve some kind of intelligence at the beginning of the regress.
Currently what happened just before the big bang is largely a mystery to science. If Aquinas or anyone else wants to label it as a regress to "God", I have a real problem with that. That same word "God" also applies to some entity that people fear, pray to, or worship. Religious people believe that God micromanages events such as hurricanes and death and we can beseech him to control events to our advantage.
I would like to distinguish definitions of God, the "first cause", and God, the micromanager. The first definition is just a label for a theological and scientific mystery. The second definition is totally theology.
