Ok, let's throw out the word god and just assume that "something" started the universe. I'm still skeptical, since I still think that the universe is past infinite. But for the sake of argument let's just assume that something started the universe. What stops this something from being natural? Our knowledge of the universe still has holes in it, and this is one of them. And while we are assuming, lets assume, for the sake of argument, that one day we are able to find this something and it is natural. Do we then call this god?
When I look at it I see a puzzle, with pieces missing. What you call "something" that fixes the laws of the universe I see shadows of in the spaces of the puzzle. Every time we have sought a missing piece we have always found it to be a natural cause, something that fit into the natural framework. I see no reason now to assume some supernatural causation.
When I look at it I see a puzzle, with pieces missing. What you call "something" that fixes the laws of the universe I see shadows of in the spaces of the puzzle. Every time we have sought a missing piece we have always found it to be a natural cause, something that fit into the natural framework. I see no reason now to assume some supernatural causation.
