We need to be aware of the fact that there is physical causality and there is philosopical causality.
In Buddhist philosophy, karma is the theory of action and result based on the theory of interdependent co-arising or dependent origination which states: everything arises in dependence upon multiple causes and conditions; nothing exists as a singular, independent entity. Everything is caused by something else. According to Buddhist logic, a cause must, at the same time, be an effect, and every effect must also be the cause of something else. The idea of first and only cause, something that does not itself need a cause, is nonsensical and cannot be applied. Apparently nobody on in this group is very familiar with basic philosophy or logic. Go figure. > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote : On 10/19/2014 6:59 PM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: I have asked Curtis about his support or evidence for disagreeing with the statements in the Kalam Cosmological Argument. But he just gave me a lot of song and dance about his opinions without providing the evidence for his arguments. Can you give us a solid argument with evidence and support why the statements in the KCA have a flaw? Let's take the KCA which states: Everything that begins to exist has a cause; The universe began to exist; Therefore: The universe has a cause. Do you agree with statement 1 or not? If not, please give us your reasons for disagreeing. > There was a "big bang" event. This event has an uncaused cause. Causation is known through consciousness. Notes: Causality is the relation between an event and a second event in which the second event is a consequence of the first. Causation (karma) is the bedrock of the historical Buddha's enlightenment experience. At that moment he knew the law of cause and effect - the law of reciprocity in which every action inevitably leads to a reaction. There are no chance events. He realized that everything happens for a reason, that for every event there is a cause. Work cited: Causality: The Central Philosophy of Buddhism by David J. Kalupahana University of Hawai'i Press, 1986
