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« on: July 14, 2018, 10:11 PM »
The argument holds, either for the universe, or for God, that that which has beginning needs a cause. And it is easy to see that this is correct, for things that are "born" can not come from nowhere.
Thus, that part of the atheists who holds that the universe is eternal, does not have to explain that it fronts a cause for it. And so do Christians who postulate the eternity of God.
In both cases, therefore, the discussion changes course and becomes the eternity of what has been defined in this way: the universe or God, as the case may be. The logical treatment is exactly the same.
Now there is no doubt that there is some eternal entity, for the question of what is the cause of what exists at the limit would lead to an infinite regression of causes, and this is not possible, for we are here.
So the choice to make is between an eternal universe or an eternal God. Something eternal must exist. I prefer the second option, for several reasons. Now I understand those who make another choice, because these things go beyond scientific evidence.