(November 10, 2014 at 9:35 am)Ben Davis Wrote: Right. I'm going to put this in the most simple language I can so that there's no ambiguity:
1. Everything that begins to exist has a cause - This attribute of causality is only known to be true in the current state of our universe
The argument against infinity is independent of the state of the universe, whether you want to call it the current state, prior state, or future state. Doesn't matter. The argument is against any past-eternal chain of cause/effect, no matter what you want to theorize it as.
(November 10, 2014 at 9:35 am)Ben Davis Wrote: 2. The universe began to exist - This can't be inferred as we can only describe the current state of our universe, not any pre-expansion states
Infinity problem.
(November 10, 2014 at 9:35 am)Ben Davis Wrote: 3. Therefore, the universe has a cause - This can't follow as 2. can't be applied to 1.
Infinity problem needs to be addressed and taken care of.