Hilariously I am getting the message that the video does not exist, but I am familiar with the concept so:
Point 1:
Inherent in the argument is that there are 2 types of entity which is usually defined as necessary and contingent. Necessary things have to exist whilst contingent things may or may not exist. The argument is that the universe is contingent whilst the creator of the universe is necessary.
Here, for me, is the flaw in the argument. Whilst the universe may be contingent initially it becomes necessary as soon as the question is asked.
In other words - the universe must exist for the the questioner to exist and the question to be consequently raised.
Point 2:
If the universe has an explanation for its existence that explanation is God.
This is a quantum leap on many levels to even count:
Our universe may be embedded in another universe and that in another and so on. The primary cause of the highest level of universe could indeed be God but we could be many times removed from God. Religious people don't like this argument as that makes the theist God ever more unlikely - even if it does create a deist God.
Something from nothing. I have covered this many times on the forum. See Professor Krauss' theories. In essense nothingness is unstable in Quantum Physics.
Which God?
Why does the creator have to be a force for good?
etc etc.
Point 1:
Inherent in the argument is that there are 2 types of entity which is usually defined as necessary and contingent. Necessary things have to exist whilst contingent things may or may not exist. The argument is that the universe is contingent whilst the creator of the universe is necessary.
Here, for me, is the flaw in the argument. Whilst the universe may be contingent initially it becomes necessary as soon as the question is asked.
In other words - the universe must exist for the the questioner to exist and the question to be consequently raised.
Point 2:
If the universe has an explanation for its existence that explanation is God.
This is a quantum leap on many levels to even count:
Our universe may be embedded in another universe and that in another and so on. The primary cause of the highest level of universe could indeed be God but we could be many times removed from God. Religious people don't like this argument as that makes the theist God ever more unlikely - even if it does create a deist God.
Something from nothing. I have covered this many times on the forum. See Professor Krauss' theories. In essense nothingness is unstable in Quantum Physics.
Which God?
Why does the creator have to be a force for good?
etc etc.
