(April 21, 2014 at 11:03 am)super spidey man Wrote: The First Cause Argument
If there is no first cause, then the universe is like a great chain with many links; each link is held up by the link above it, but the whole chain is held up by nothing.
Downbeatplumb already covered the fact that "I don't know" is a valid answer; certainly more valid than making things up. That being said, lets give this a go:
What created the universe? God.
What created god? God doesn't have a cause. He's eternal.
How do you know God is eternal? How do you know the universe isn't?
If you're fine believing in eternal things, you have no reason to state that the universe couldn't be eternal. In order for you to be able to insert God into the first cause argument, you need to make three assumptions:
1) God exists
2) God can create universes
3) God is eternal
If you don't assume those three things, then you can't prove God created the universe, and if you're making assumptions, then this isn't proving God. Also, I can assume any particular thing I want, if I make those three assumptions, and suddenly I've "proven" that thing.
