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Cosmological Logic (Posted on 2019-05-07) Difficulty: 1 of 5
A) Everything that has a beginning has a cause
B) The universe had a beginning

Therefore, which of the following conclusions is true:

a) The universe has always existed
b) The universe did not have a cause
c) The universe caused itself
d) The universe had a cause

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Solution Logic | Comment 1 of 4
The answer is d). This is just the law of detachment.

Given the statement: If A then B.  Then from an instance of A we may conclude B.  

If [something has a beginning] then [that something has a cause.]

The universe is a [something that has a beginning.]

Therefor the universe is a [something that had a cause.]



  Posted by Jer on 2019-05-08 09:56:49
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