(January 19, 2015 at 3:04 am)Heywood Wrote: I often hear atheist ask that if it is possible that God has always existed why can't it be possible that the universe has always existed? Which is a good question(although I would use "reality" instead of universe).
Since the premise can be used to exclude reality from the cause and effect cycle it is not specific to God.
Okay, I'll bite. Let's say "reality" instead of "universe". So what you're saying is that god is exempt from cause and effect because he exists outside of reality? That makes sense. After all, if he's not real you can give him any attributes you want!
So, if we have to exclude something from cause and effect, why exclude a being and claim that he created reality rather than simply use a more direct approach and exclude reality itself?
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
