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    It is very unlikely that a universe would exist uncaused,... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The puzzling existence of the universe can be made comprehensible if we suppose it is brought about by a personal God with intentional beliefs and the power to bring intentions to fruition.

    It is very unlikely that a universe would exist uncaused, but more likely that God would exist uncaused.

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    Moreover, God is the simplest kind of person there can be because a person is a being with power (to do intentional actions), knowledge, and freedom (to choose, uncaused, which actions to do), and in God these properties are infinite, and having infinite properties is simpler than having properties with limits, as humans do. “It is always simpler to postulate infinite or zero degrees of some property than a certain precise finite value of it” (Swinburne 1983: 385). Furthermore, God engages in simple causation, that is, causation by simple intention. Swinburne concludes that although the prior ...

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