Skylar
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Philosophy requires at lease One.
There could be more though.
The paradox of One is that He/She/It must have existed forever.
But there is another paradox wherein all of us existed forever.
If One can exist forever then logical all can also exist forever.
ANd that's the kicker. Any philosophy that is predicated on the divine breaks if applied monotheistically. There doesn't need to be ONE prime mover. There could be two, or trillions, or infinity movers.
Worse, the entire concept of the eternally existing 'prime mover' defeats its own premise. As it demonstrates, if true, that eternal stuff exists. If the prime mover, why not everything?
Worse still, there are no particular moral implications of a prime mover. It could be evil as fuck and still move first.
ANd it still gets worse. As there's no intelligence implications. Something need only move. A photon could be a prime mover. Sentience is entirely optional.
All attributes assigned to a prime mover beyond moving first....are anthropomorphism.