The article itself ended with a second religious homily, specifically implying that we have a soul and that using reason well brings us «closer» to an invisible sky - god that at one time acted as
an uncaused first cause.
Not exact matches
In the nineteenth century, the
First Vatican Council taught a world newly enthralled by the «death of God» that by the use of reason alone mankind could come to know the reality of the
Uncaused Cause, the
First Mover, the God of the philosophers.»
[13] This
First Cause must be similar to the other causes, since He is aFirst Cause; yet He is also dissimilar since, as
First Cause, He is
uncaused.
And throwing in know falsified theology such as «
first cause», when we know from quantum fluctuations that effects can be
uncaused.
Because that's what you're left with if there is no
first cause that is itself
uncaused.
If that's so, the
first cause had to be
uncaused or self caused.