RE: Do to really believe a snake talked?!
November 8, 2012 at 2:41 pm
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2012 at 2:45 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
If the universe has always existed, why would that mean that it would have already died out by now?
There has always been something because non-existence can't ever have existed and the only alternative to non-existence is existence. There always will be something because non-existence won't ever exist. What science has determined to be the "heat-death" of the universe is not the same as non-existence: non-existence by definition never could have been existent, never is existent, and never will be existent. The idea of non-existence existing is analogous to the idea of a married bachelor existing. I.e: It's a logical contradiction.
So, since existence has always existed because non-existence, the only alternative, never can exist, by definition, why would we need God?
There has always been something because non-existence can't ever have existed and the only alternative to non-existence is existence. There always will be something because non-existence won't ever exist. What science has determined to be the "heat-death" of the universe is not the same as non-existence: non-existence by definition never could have been existent, never is existent, and never will be existent. The idea of non-existence existing is analogous to the idea of a married bachelor existing. I.e: It's a logical contradiction.
So, since existence has always existed because non-existence, the only alternative, never can exist, by definition, why would we need God?