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To: Diamond
A necessary being is eternal and uncaused,

Possibly, same as the universe. No problem in science you run up against comes close to the non-scientific explanation of "God did it." Basically, you use the god of the gaps to specially plead your case.

206 posted on 09/04/2010 8:11:43 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics proves that the universe is not eternal. The Universe is headed for heat-death. If it was eternal that would have happened already.


208 posted on 09/04/2010 9:46:53 AM PDT by schaef21
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To: antiRepublicrat
No problem in science you run up against comes close to the non-scientific explanation of "God did it."

I can't help but notice that your statement is built on an unstated philosophical premise about science rather than a being statement of science itself, so it seems self-refuting to me.

Is the question of why there is something rather than nothing a philosophical question or a scientific question? Or both?

You say that the universe is possibly uncaused. Let me ask you this; did the universe have a beginning? If so, was the beginning caused or uncaused? If uncaused, why doesn't just any and everything come to exist uncaused?

Cordially,

209 posted on 09/04/2010 10:56:47 AM PDT by Diamond (He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people,)
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