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The classical argument to the Cosmological Argument is that if all effects need a cause, then logically God should too, probably being another God. Then this prior God would need a God as its cause, as would that God, and so on ad infinitum.

This objection is known as _________.

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Answer: This objection is known as Infinite Regression.

Explanation: Infinite regression in logic arise when we ask what is the source or origin of an effect.

It is a backward movement into into an infinite sequence of an assertion.

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