Refuting Atheism: Two Interesting Arguments for God

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 Thomas Aquinas' “First Cause” argument:

(P1) In the physical world, we find that physical things come in series.

(P2) A series of physical things cannot regress infinitely.

(P3) Therefore, there must have been a first, immaterial, necessarily existing cause (from 1 & 2).

(C) So, God exists (from 3)

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“Nomological Argument” by Prof. Hildebrand:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nous.12364

According to the Nomological Argument, observed regularities in nature are best explained by an appeal to a supernatural being. A successful explanation must avoid two perils. Some explanations provide too little structure, predicting a universe without regularities. Others provide too much structure, thereby precluding an explanation of certain types of lawlike regularities featured in modern scientific theories. We argue that an explanation based in the creative, intentional action of a supernatural being avoids these two perils whereas leading competitors do not.

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