Devans99

We are only familiar with change that occurs within time. That does not prove that change cannot occur without time. Everything in time is transitory,...

I am not sure that anything self causing can exist. Its a tricky question as causality and time go together hand in hand in our experience, and the ca...

Nothing can go on forever - especially in the past - how possibly could the days of the past number more than finite? The coincidence of so many featu...

What a cogent argument! You are a moron!

The past can't be infinite - do you believe the past is longer than a finite number of days long? Pulsars and supernovas are side effects of gravity, ...

We cannot even prove that we are not brains in vats... thanks to Rene Descartes. So we must resort to probability on questions like this. I believe th...

The inflation field must have a start. Supernovas and pulsars are a result of gravity which is a absolute requirement form life. The Casimir effect ha...

It appears that the first cause was intelligent. If you think of all forms of intelligent entities (man, animals, aliens, AI, gods), one thing they al...

The first cause must be able to cause something, so it is self-driven, which suggests intelligence. Everything in the universe seems fine tuned for li...

If you say something will expand without end, you are describing the topology of future as some object without end - that is impossible - all objects ...

The first cause must be able to cause something, so it must be capable of independent action, meaning it is self driven, therefore very likely intelli...

Pantheism seems like a possibility. One problem is the speed of light - parts of the universe are moving apart at faster than the speed of light - so ...

I think we are splitting hairs here: the first cause must be capable of independent, intelligent, action and be capable of starting time. I call that ...

I did credit Thomas for the idea in the OP! I tend to think of the creator of the universe as God. I can appreciate that you have a different perspect...

It seems that nothing can be permanent within spacetime, but something permanent must exist else there would be nothing at all. The simplest model is ...

Yes a fair point, I should clarify what I mean by God: - not omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient - capable of independent action - inteligent - able t...

It - the first cause - has to be something real (physical) and permanent: - assume you can't get something from nothing (as per the law of conservatio...

Being 'caused' implies that a cause, prior in time, caused and effect, subsequently in time. Everything in time appears to have a cause. So an 'uncaus...

I imagine a wider universe somehow containing spacetime. Causality as we know it, dominates spacetime, but in the wider universe, causality as we know...

No, all intelligent creatures are basically the same; an information processor (mind) and a memory. All intelligent creatures desire information. So l...

My feeling is that there is a 10% chance of no God and a 90% chance of God.

1. Time has a start 2. Universe is not in equilibrium 3. Causality based arguments 4. Fine tuning 5. Big Bang 6. Aquinas 3rd argument Thats a lot of e...

If something looks very unnatural then it probably is unnatural. A massive unnatural looking explosion; the exact opposite of natural equilibrium, exp...

No that's not the case; intelligent creatures are interested in information; IE other intelligent creatures. Its just natural to want to fill the empt...

But all intelligent creatures naturally have an information deficit; God is not fine tuned in anyway. Put yourself in God's shoes, an empty universe; ...

What about the speed of light speed limit? Speed is distance/time, so something in the universe (the laws of the universe) are intimately aware of tim...

But D is just plain wrong - we can run down the list of moments numbering them all.

So you are proposing that time is circular? Even in that case, it still has a start. And you can't explain how it could happen either. It is corrobora...

What possible motive would there be for spacetime to fine-tune itself for life? There is no such motive; the motive for fine tuning is the generation ...

I think it's helpful to refer to what God created (I allege) as spacetime. Then there can be a wider universe that contains both God and spacetime. I ...

1) What is your definition then? 2) I am thinking of everything in 4d spacetime mode. So space is analogous to time. So like every object has a spacia...

You are not able to give a satisfactory reason why the argument does not work, so I will keep posting it; it is a sound argument. Yes it does. And oth...

So you think that a greater than any finite number of days (or Planck intervals if you prefer) has passed? How has that happened? The BB looks awfully...

1) Time. A degree of freedom. The fourth dimension. 2) Start. The furthermost temporal/spacial point(s) of something's extent. 3) Cause. The reason fo...

You are making no sense to me. I fail to see why you cannot appreciate that an infinite causal regress is like a house without a foundation - it is si...

Calling me 'kid' all the time condescending and moronic. Time is more fundamental than that; the speed of light is a universal constant enforced by th...

Why can we not number the elements in a causal regress?

So you believe that energy is conserved? That matter/energy has therefore 'always' exists? What is your explanation for the Big Bang?

We are talking about infinite causal regresses in time. I fail to see how the earth's equator has anything to do with it. The vacuum respects the cons...

Nothing in science contradicts the statement 'the macro world is ruled by causality' and the origins of everything is a macro question so my proof hol...

My opinion is at least based on common sense/experience; not on something from nothing hocus-pocus. Yes and the integers can't exist as an infinite re...

We are talking about the origin of everything; IE huge amounts of matter; IE a macro, not micro problem. In the macro world the cause always comes bef...

So you are saying I'm wrong but refusing to say why I'm wrong. :sad: IMO, I've satisfactorily addressed all your points already.

We will never have any evidence of anything existing beyond spacetime because we are limited to space-time only. Without any evidence for or against, ...

God as the creator of spacetime cannot, by definition, be of spacetime (be of nature). God cannot have come into being; he must be timeless: all infin...

OK let's leave this one a 50%. I think this question overlaps with question so it is not right to consider it separately in the probability analysis. ...

You are missing an important point; cause determines effect, so when using the negative integers to discuss causality, it must be the case that -2 exi...

Good point. Look at our culture through the ages: - 2000 years ago maybe 10% (?) of what we knew was actually correct - 100 years ago maybe 50% (?) of...

I think you have to be careful with the question selection, but certain questions can be said to be normally distributed (between yes and no): 1. I to...

There is created Or uncreated (existed forever) Existing forever is impossible. It has no initial state, so it has no subsequent states. So the univer...