Cosmological Argument (Proof God Exists)
Premise 1 –
Something exists
Premise
2 – Nothing cannot create something
Conclusion –
Something must have always existed
1. Something
Exists- is a very basic premise that almost everyone agrees on. In our
case, that something is the universe.
2. Nothing
Cannot Create Something-
The
definition of nothing is no-thing. It isn’t anything, and it doesn’t have
the power to do anything. Nothing can also be defined as the state of
non-being.
3. Something
Must Have Always Existed-
We
know that there must have been something that has always existed in order to
bring the thing that now exists (the universe), into existence.If
we say this isn’t true, then we’re also saying that it’s possible for the
universe to have come from nothing, and we know this is impossible because of
premise number two.
Anything that has come into existence must have a cause. So What is the Something
That Must Have Always Existed? There are only two options if we’re following
the logic given in the cosmological argument.
1) Either
the universe has always existed or
2) Something
outside the universe has always existed
Scientific
evidence shows us that the universe hasn’t always existed. Here
are some of the evidences that support that the universe did begin at a certain
point of time:
1. The
Second Law of Thermodynamics
The
Second Law of Thermodynamics states that the amount of usable energy in a
closed system, like in the case of the universe, is decreasing. In
other words, the amount of usable energy is dying out just like the batteries
die in your flashlight. If
a closed system like the universe is in fact running out of energy, then the
universe can’t be eternal because a finite amount of energy could never have
brought the universe through an eternity of time.
2. The
Universe is Expanding
In
1929, Edwin Hubble, made a discovery that the universe is expanding. Once
scientists understood that the universe was expanding, they realized that it
would have been smaller in the past. At
some point historically, the entire universe would have been a single point. This
point is what many people refer to as the Big Bang, which is the point when our
universe began to exist.
3. The
Cosmic Background Radiation
Physics.org
describes the Cosmic Background Radiation as, “The left-over heat from the
fireball of the Big Bang in which the Universe was born 13.7 billion years
ago.” While
the age of the earth is speculation by scientists, most do agree that the
Cosmic Background Radiation does point to a finite universe that has a specific
age.
For loads more evidence of a young universe see here. So to recap, here’s the cosmological argument which offers proof for the existence of God:
For loads more evidence of a young universe see here. So to recap, here’s the cosmological argument which offers proof for the existence of God:
-Something
exists (the universe)
-Nothing can’t create something
-Therefore, something must have always existed in order to cause the universe into existence
-The universe didn’t always exist
-Therefore, something outside of the universe must have always existed
-Nothing can’t create something
-Therefore, something must have always existed in order to cause the universe into existence
-The universe didn’t always exist
-Therefore, something outside of the universe must have always existed
When
we examine the universe, we can conclude that the Creator must be:
-Self-existent
-Timeless
-Non-spatial (exists outside of time, space, and matter)
-Infinitely powerful because He created this vast thing we call the universe
-Supremely intelligent because He created the universe with immaculate precision
-Personal because He chose to convert a state of nothingness into the time-space-material universe (an impersonal force has no ability to make choices)
-Timeless
-Non-spatial (exists outside of time, space, and matter)
-Infinitely powerful because He created this vast thing we call the universe
-Supremely intelligent because He created the universe with immaculate precision
-Personal because He chose to convert a state of nothingness into the time-space-material universe (an impersonal force has no ability to make choices)
When
we take a look at all of these characteristics, we see that they are the
characteristics that are attributed to God.
Atheists
usually say that if we follow the logic in the argument, then God must have had
a creator too. However, the cosmological argument only states that everything
that came into existence must have a cause. God
didn’t come into existence, He always was, is, and will forever be. The
cosmological argument points to the first cause of the universe as Someone that
has always existed. That is a part of the argument. The
argument points that there must be something that did not have a cause.
- https://notashamedofthegospel.com/apologetics/proof-that-god-exists/
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Initial composition of boundless space from the point of view of element:
1.It is suffucient to declare existence of two elements, SIMPLE and COMPLEX, possesing closed systemic appearance in order to imagine different (homogenous) and completed one.
2.It is sufficient to declare existence of Lord and Almighty in other element, possesing non-closed systematic appearance in order to imagine it as different and incomplete as heterogenous (in other words: various type).
It is not difficult to presume that simple and complex compression is happened in possible minimal widening from permanent widening level, first, inclination to descending, from material component of God from non-material component of Divine Spirit/separation happened as maximum possible diversity (1H) on essence of God on minimum possible numeric homogeneity regarding with blockage of start of non-material components, permanently widening, inclined to their inc…