tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post3507887656212111665..comments2024-03-27T15:34:14.749-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: Does "Every event has a cause" entail determinism? Victor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-65780035528400075652016-07-29T01:16:57.862-07:002016-07-29T01:16:57.862-07:00my Friday atheist challenge God argument,this is a...my Friday atheist challenge God argument,this is an <a href="http://metacrock.blogspot.com/2016/07/friday-atheist-challenge-god-argument.html" rel="nofollow"><b>argumemt from laws of nature and physics.</b></a> It is couldcdraw fire from an argument om determinism.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-9120307049867617092016-07-26T00:59:38.485-07:002016-07-26T00:59:38.485-07:00true. in fact Laplace started that, he was an athe...true. in fact Laplace started that, he was an atheist.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-6968054395602712602016-07-25T07:21:46.803-07:002016-07-25T07:21:46.803-07:00Who, other than an 'atheist', would ever i...Who, other than an 'atheist', would ever imagine that "Every event has a cause" entails (*) determinism?<br /><br /><br />(*) and in their case, it's because they start with the denial of persons, and thus the denial of agency/freedom, as being logically prior to matter; that is, due to their metaphysical commitment, for them *everything* entails determinism.IlĂonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-75369468724793013592016-07-25T03:59:19.826-07:002016-07-25T03:59:19.826-07:00that should say Quentin Smith, not Universe Smith ...that should say Quentin Smith, not Universe Smith ;-)Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-54656454573282724292016-07-25T03:57:48.863-07:002016-07-25T03:57:48.863-07:00it must be the Lord I just wrote a piece why God c...it must be the Lord I just wrote a piece why God can't be a brute fact, so the universe and god are not on a par, <a href="http://metacrock.blogspot.com/2016/07/tie-breaker-god-cannot-be-brute-fact.html" rel="nofollow"><b>tie breaker for the brute act argument.</b></a><br /><br /><br />in that paper I fn article by Universe Smith saying universe is not eternal.Also one saying there are not Quantum particles coming from actual nothing.<br /><br />everything but God has a causeJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-66404705039640028402016-07-24T23:59:38.985-07:002016-07-24T23:59:38.985-07:00Determinism in the sense of physics is quantitativ...Determinism in the sense of physics is quantitative, <br />The claim "every event has a cause" is qualitative. <br />Hence, these two claims are not mutually exclusive.Gyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09941686166886986037noreply@blogger.com