(September 7, 2014 at 1:27 pm)Madness20 Wrote: Argument for first cause:Mind if I disagree?
Universe has a cause - we all agree on that.
The Universe exists - we all agree on that.
Evidence strongly suggests that the Universe is expanding and, turning the mighty clock back, in the far past, it must have been highly concentrated.
What happened before that? how it came to be like that?... we don't know.
One may dream, one may speculate, one may come up with the most ludicrous possibilities to answer those questions.
Which is actually right is, as yet, beyond our abilities, so... pick your favorite.
1. Space-time has always been there. It is in a constant state of random generation of virtual fields and, with them virtual particles... sometimes, they cross over to real particles. A few times, they do so in so grandiose numbers that a new Universe is spawned. Space-time, in there-when, warps to an extreme due to all the energy that's been unleashed and then happens what we call a big-bang.
2. A mega lonely extra-spacial entity creates universes and puts intelligent life forms on a tiny tiny corner of each, then lays down a few rules those life-forms must follow, but only tells the rules to one or two of them, in the hopes that those will propagate those rules to all of them.
3. The Universe keeps expanding and contracting. It is a bubble of space-time with nothing beyond it. Literally nothing, not even space, nor time. This keeps the overall entropy at the same level. It has been doing this for an eternity and will keep doing it for another eternity. Many intelligences have come and gone. Many gods have been invented to explain existence. Much science has been poured into the problem... yet, none has managed to escape the contraction fate.
4. The matrix.
5. keep dreaming, little boy. When you wake up, this Universe goes back into the nothingness. This is only some entity's thought process.
Pick your favorite or add more... Can we really say for certain that any of these options is impossible?
