Infinite Regress

A song presenting the 5 ways to the existence of God, by St. Thomas Aquinas and James Brockmeier.

Motion in the world
Had to be moved by another
It cannot be moved by itself
So there must be a first unmoved mover
Because there cannot be an infinite regress
No there cannot be an infinite regress
There cannot be an infinite regress
Of moved movers

We see an order in efficient causes
Nothing can be the efficient cause of itself
So if there were no first efficient cause
There would be no intermediate causes
So God must exist because
There cannot be an infinite regress
There cannot be an infinite regress
There cannot be an infinite regress
Of caused efficient causes

There are a bunch of things that could not be in existence
But there must be one thing that must be in existence
Because if there were nothing that must be
It would be impossible for there to be anything at all
So there cannot be an infinite regress
There cannot be an infinite regress
There cannot be an infinite regress
Of unnecessary things

The fourth way is kind of confusing
So please sit tight
You can see I am a better guitarist than Taylor Swift
Which makes me a better person
Now if there are gradations like this
Then there must be a highest most supreme being that we call God
Because there cannot be an infinite regress
No there cannot be an infinite regress
There cannot be an infinite regress
Of gradated beings

What is my purpose in playing this tune?
You may be wondering
Speaking of purpose
If things have final causes toward higher causes
Then there must be something that directs things toward higher causes
Because there cannot be an infinite regress
No there cannot be an infinite regress
There cannot be an infinite regress
Of final causes

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• Taylor Swift
• Thomas Aquinas
• James Brockmeier
• 5 ways
• infinite regress
• proofs of the existence of God
• Marian University
• Sophia Club

[ultimo87maestro]

BRAVOOOOO ...!!!!! AMEN...

[Wergrun]

Whoa!!! How the fuck did I get to this!! Related videos aren't related!!!!! YouTube you lied to me!!!!

[Ryakki]

@Omnicron777

Yes, the prime mover argument basically just complicates the problem rather than solving it, to suit the authors theological views.

An eternal mover has internal infinite regress, and where'd it come from? It changes a bunch of plain causes and effects where their infinity is the only problem, to a magical unimaginably fantastic cause that is impossible to explain, which still has an unsolvable infinite regress.

So now you have infinite regress to explain AND the prime mover.

[Ryakki]

@Omnicron777

Yes, the prime mover argument basically just complicates the problem rather than solving it, to suit the authors theological views.

An eternal mover has internal infinite regress, and where'd it come from? It changes a bunch of plain causes and effects where their infinity is the only problem, to a magical unimaginably fantastic cause that is impossible to explain, which still has an unsolvable infinite regress.

So now you have infinite regress to explain AND the prime mover.

[Sinkh]

@Omnicron777

The regress is "down" in the present, not back into the past. The prime mover is postulated to be operating in the present. The reason the regress must terminate is because each member of the causal series is instrumental, yet moving, so there must be something driving the whole chain.

The same reason you would reason that a clock cannot contain an infinite number of gears, because then there would be no motor and hence the clock wouldn't work at all.

[Snackbar47]

Hahaha

One word.

AWESOME.

[hyperknux77]

Cool! :)

[splayer94]

Awesome