| GameOver22 said: That is really the point of that phrase, "In the beginning, there was nothing. Which exploded." Its just taking a shot at the claim that something can from nothing. The debate really comes down to which claim is more reasonable: 1.) whether some physical thing can exist uncaused, 2.) whether some physical thing can exist for eternity, 3.) whether something non-physical (God) can exist for eternity. The real problem with this dilemna is that none of the choices are necessarily false. All the options are possible, and it really comes down to which one is more likely. The problem at this point is that we don't have any realistic way to assign probability functions to the options (making it difficult to determine which one is more likely). This is one reason why I admit that both sides have good arguments, but its unlikely that the debate will ever be settled definitively. |
Basically, you either believe that matter has always been here and always will be, or that God has always been here and always will be. Considering that I am pounding on matter to type this post, and God is AWOL, it seems pretty straightforward which is the more likely.
