The fine tuning argument

[Captain Scarlet]

Why can't the universe be uncaused?

Everything has a cause, we can try and say it doesnt but untill we have something which doesnt need a cause (other than God) Everything does have a cause, its not a theory, its a fact.

This argument has long been put to bed. The universe cannot have been caused because causation requires time to exist and time only existed with the universe. In additional it is a compositional fallacy to draw a conclusion from events within the universe (ie cause and effect) to the universe as a whole. In the same way you cannot draw conclusions about the earth from just living in the USA. You might, for example, conclude that the earth was American.