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    Violent motion and rest away from natural place require c... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Bodies in motion will remain in motion and bodies at rest will remain at rest, without need of external explanation.

    Violent motion and rest away from natural place require continuous causal sustenance, so persistence of non-natural states demands ongoing external explanation.

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    • 1.Objects at rest naturally remain at rest; motion requires force application, demonstrating that non-natural states need external causation.
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    • 2.Systems isolated from external forces eventually return to equilibrium, showing unnatural configurations require continuous external maintenance.
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    • 3.Energy dissipates through friction and resistance unless replenished, proving sustained deviation from natural states demands ongoing energy input.
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    • 1.Newton's first law shows objects maintain uniform motion without force, contradicting the claim that non-natural states require continuous causation.
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    • 2.Conservation laws explain persistence of motion and energy without external intervention, making continuous causal sustenance unnecessary.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'natural' and 'non-natural' places is geocentric and arbitrary; inertia explains state persistence universally without appeal to causation.
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