(April 19, 2016 at 7:55 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(April 19, 2016 at 4:25 pm)SteveII Wrote: The video posted by Jehanne clearly has Carroll claiming that whatever brought the universe about (quantum vacuum and it's associated laws) are brute facts that always existed from infinity. That is clearly a statement that the universe has no explanation.
Did god cause 2+2 = 4 to be a true statement? If not, why is god a "necessary being" who has always existed? If so, could god have caused 2+2 = 5 or any other number for that matter? Now, if god is a "necessary being", what can't the Cosmos be a "necessary entity"?
Because if there is a God, it is a metaphysical necessity that he have the property of always existing. If he failed to have that property, he would not be God.
The "cosmos" does not have that property. It logically could have failed to exist. This is exactly what Carroll said in the video that you posted.
