01-10-2015, 04:40 AM
(01-10-2015, 03:04 AM)jivatman Wrote: Synthesis
There is a nice dialectic to these three approaches, forming a trinity. The Cosmological (Causual) proof is a posteriori, views the effects and reasoning backwards towards god, The Ontological is A Priori and tending to argue forwards from god to existence, and The Teleological reasons based on purposeful goals, with seeking an ends, thus from neither the beginning nor the end.
I also associate them with the three Yogas: Casuality with Karma Yoga, Rationalism with Jnana Yoga, and Bhakti (seeking with love towards god) with Teleological.
so out of these three approaches to causality, which is the one you favor or rely upon?