Quantum Theory Landscape - Cosmological Argument

Quantum Theory Landscape and the Cosmological Argument. Randall Niles looks at the notion of a cosmic landscape of infinite universes proposed by many scientists today.

The Cosmological Argument or First Cause Argument is a philosophical argument for the existence of God which explains that everything has a cause, that there must have been a first cause, and that this first cause was itself uncaused. The Kalam Cosmological Argument is one of the variants of the argument which has been especially useful in defending the philosophical position of theistic worldviews. The word "kalam" is Arabic for "speaking" but more generally the word can be interpreted as "theological philosophy."

'First cause arguments' were set forth by Plato and Aristotle in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. These arguments maintain that everything that exists or occurs must have had a cause. So if one would go back in time far enough, one would discover a first cause. Aristotle, a deist, posited that this first cause was the creator of the universe. Thomas Aquinas, a Christian, then expanded on Aristotle's ideas in the 13th century AD and molded the first cause-concept into a framework in which the cause of the universe itself is uncaused: the First Cause is God. Founded on similar reasoning, the Kalam Cosmological Argument was developed by Muslim philosophers in the Middle Ages, but has not lost any of its philosophical power over the centuries. In recent years, Christian philosopher William Lane Craig has brought the Kalam Cosmological Argument back into the spotlight.

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• Quantum Theory Landscape
• Cosmological Argument
• Kalam
• Physics
• Cosmic
• Science
• Origin
• Universe
• Infinity
• Randall Niles

[ferrett78]

I'm confused at your argument. Are you saying that the concepts of infinite time and infinite space are difficult to "believe", yet the concept of a being of infinite knowledge and power is not?

[reflect7]

@ferrett78 Nope, just saying that infinite time and infinite space have been taken off the table by mainstream science. The material universe and time dimension in which we live is finite. So, what caused the beginning of this finite space-time continuum from nothingness? Itself? or something else? That's my question...

[PeaceWithTheseEyes]

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[EXALTEDDIRT]

Absolutely brilliant!!!

[Typho0n86]

Yeah i like the theory that the universe is infinite in space and time, the universe being finite doesnt make sense to me.

[raponte1955]

@blackplatypus "Also, you still haven't explained what "before" means without time." Again, God is not subject or confined to the time dimension. Of course you would say it's the ultimate cop-out until you realize God created the rules.

[raponte1955]

@blackplatypus Precisely because there's still a lot we don't know about the quantum mechanics world, where the classical physics rules don't apply, is that I point out on the possibility of time ceasing or not existing. Anyway, the Hartle-Hawking model is not possible because quantum tunneling at 10^-43 sec. still needed and observer in order to occur...unless you are conceding that God was the observer.

[raponte1955]

@blackplatypus So when your initial attack fails, then you say it was mockery..yeah, right!

"...Relativity isn't newtonian" ...Now I am the one questioning your basic knowledge of physics. "General relativity generalises special relativity and Newton's law of universal gravitation, providing a unified description of gravity as a geometric property of space and time, or spacetime. " (Wikipedia). Therefore, Einstein's work is constructed upon the foundations of Newton's law of gravity.

[blackplatypus]

@raponte1955

>you seem to be unfamiliar to the fact that time seems to cease at the smallest level of quanta particles.

Time doesn't cease on planck scales. Things still move... it just makes no experimental sense to talk about shorter times/places because understood rules do not apply.

What exactly does any of this do with your argument that the universe started with a singularity though? Or are you conceding that? Also, you still haven't explained what "before" means without time.