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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent
It's a skewed reasoning since it leads to infinite regress when you ask for an explanation of God's existence, I don't see any problem with side-stepping God and saying the Universe perpetuates itself, but I feel like there must be some trans-material "will" that keeps this perpetuation going, even if it is nothing more than a tension inherent in the universe. Tension in that sense is a quasi-spiritual entity that for me carries implications about God.
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Obviously I agree with this, but essentially the theist's response would be that a god (unlike the universe) is necessary by its own nature and does not require an explanation. He relies on the idea that the Universe must be contingent and therefore needs an explanation, and God (being necessary) solves the infinite regress.