(a) Causes are ordered in series
(b) A thing can't cause (= produce) itself
(c) The order of causes can't go back to infinity, for if you eliminate the first one, you eliminate all the later ones
(d) So there must be a first cause . . .
(e) . . . and this we all call God
A classic version of the TA. If we find a watch (unlike a stone), we must infer a purposive watchmaker because of its materials & their arrangement. Similarly, the works of nature require intelligence & purpose.
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