Quote from: Optimism on February 26, 2011, 12:16:24 AM
Quote from: Xrow on February 25, 2011, 11:48:19 PM
Then why have you not proven me wrong?
If you make the outlandish claim, then provide substantial evidence. If you can't, then stop believing in idiocy.
1. The universe is finite.See: Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Radiation Afterglow, Hubble's Red Shift, the First Law of Thermodynamics, the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
2. All that is finite must have a cause.See: The Law of Causality, Infinite Regression.
3. Because the universe is finite, the universe must have had a cause.4. The universe exploded from a point of nothing.See: Radiation Afterglow, Hubble's Red Shift, Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, NASA's COBE Missions, NASA's WMAP Missions, Great Galaxy Seeds.
http://i56.tinypic.com/2h5vbzl.jpg5. Nothing creates nothing; nothing can create itself; an effect cannot precede its cause.6. Time, space and mass/energy (matter) came into existence simultaneously.One cannot exist without the others. See: Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
7. Because nature did not exist before the big bang (remember, a cause cannot follow its effect), nature could not have created the universe.Nothing existed before the big bang, an effect cannot precede its cause.
8. Therefore something outside of nature (supernatural) must have been the cause of the first cause - the universe.SUPERNATURAL: Definition: (1) : of, pertaining to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
9. This supernatural cause must have been self-existent, timeless, nonspatial, and immaterial.Nothing existed before the big bang, an effect cannot precede its cause. See: Hubble's Red Shift, Einstine's Theory of Relativity, Cosmic Background Radiation, Radiation Afterglow, Great Galaxy Seeds, NASA's COBE Missions, NASA's WMAP Missions.
10. Because nothing can cause itself, the first cause must have been uncaused (timeless).Nothing existed before the big bang, nothing can cause itself, an effect cannot precede its cause.
11. This uncaused causer must be:a. Self-existent, nonspatial, timeless and immaterial (because the first cause created time, space and matter, the first cause must be outside of time, space and matter).
b. Unimaginably powerful, to create the entire universe out of nothing.
c. Supremely intelligent, to design the universe with such incredible precision (see: the Anthropic Principle).
d. Personal, in order to choose to convert a state of nothingness into the time-space-material universe (an impersonal choice has no
ability to make choices).
"Only a rookie who knows nothing about science
would say science takes away from faith. If you really
study science, it will take you closer to God."-Nanoscientist James Tour of Rice University
Note: I did not mention God or the Bible within my argument.
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My faith does not substantiate my argument; my argument substantiates my faith.
Thank you.