(September 18, 2021 at 4:57 pm)Klorophyll Wrote: If the universe is not eternal, then there has to be some cause or reason for its coming into being.
This is merely assertion.
Quote:Basically, the universe needs a reason for its existence
Sloppy and incorrect. Humans need reasons to try and make sense of things. A rock needs no reason for its existence, it simply exists. It requires causality, not a back story.
Quote:like any other contingent entity or object.
Kindly demonstrate that the universe is contingent.
Watching theists argue from cosmology is almost as funny as watching them argue from molecular biology. They always miss the implicit subtext that they're busily proving that they're a vanishingly small speck in a universe that their purported deity clearly doesn't give a fig about.