The Coherent Causality Argument

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Angelina

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Thank you for clarifying @Eternal Entity

If I understand correctly, you're saying that the Source itself is physical and that all created things are expressions of that physical Source.
What I'm still trying to understand is how that conclusion follows from the evidence you mention. We can both observe that created things are physical. But how does observing that created things are physical demonstrate that the Source itself must also be physical?

That seems to be the key step in your argument, and I don't yet see how nature alone proves it rather than simply assuming it.
In other words, what evidence specifically points from "created things are physical" to "the Creator/Source is physical"? :Sboring
 

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P10: Consciousness is not a separate substance, nor is it an emergent property. Consciousness is a physical reality. The Source does not have consciousness; the Source is consciousness.

C5: Therefore, the Source is conscious.

C4 established that the Source is physical. Consciousness is not an attribute the Source has; the Source is consciousness. Therefore, the Source is physical consciousness - wilful matter.

Overall Conclusion:
The universe was caused by an eternal, physical, conscious Source - not by a supernatural one. Consciousness is not an add-on or a possibility; it is the nature of the Source itself. This avoids the explanatory dead-end of supernaturalism while also resolving the hard problem of consciousness by grounding subjective experience in the fundamental nature of any reality experienced.

Gen 3
4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Nothing new under the sun . 1Peter 5:8