Something that can strengthen the cosmological argument?

[Mystic]

This would not be a definitive proof, but what if someone reasoned, given the nature of all moments of time is to preceded by a moment of time, an exception to the rule, which is necessary if time is finite, would imply something outside the natural state of the universe is more likely to have caused it, then for it to stop at time zero with no reason at all?

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Also, "why now now" is usually answered because of time before it, but at time zero, there is a "now now" which is just mysteriously there with no precedence. Now something outside time seems more likely, then simply, "well there is no north to north pole" reasoning.

Thoughts?

[A_Nony_Mouse]

This would not be a definitive proof, but what if someone reasoned, given the nature of all moments of time is to preceded by a moment of time, an exception to the rule, which is necessary if time is finite, would imply something outside the natural state of the universe is more likely to have caused it, then for it to stop at time zero with no reason at all?

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Also, "why now now" is usually answered because of time before it, but at time zero, there is a "now now" which is just mysteriously there with no precedence. Now something outside time seems more likely, then simply, "well there is no north to north pole" reasoning.

Thoughts?

This is an interesting issue. If all reference frames have to yield the same results, same principles of physics, then the reference frame of photons must also work. From the time frame of the photon there is no time between emission from one atom and absorption by another. In that sense atoms from the first light of cosmic background radiation connects the atoms in our sensors that measure it today.

Also, ignoring time, where did the big bang occur. It occured in all existing space today. The points are only separated because of time.
Atoms are connected by photons in the first case but have to be separated in time in the second. And both reference frames have to result in the same physics.

I am still working on it, including on how to phrase the issue before trying to answer it. So far I think time is a local dimension and the four continuous dimensions of the universe are x,y,z and entropy.