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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
The logic of the universe that I'm putting forward is that it cannot have been created because anything that might have caused its creation then has to be explained; which it cannot be.
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This reasoning is not logical.
I get where you’re coming from, that there cannot ultimately have been a first moment, because spontaneous creation
ex nihilo defies every physical law we have ever conceived of. But it does not follow that this present universe is eternal.
Its cause however may have originated with an eternal source. Discussion of that is the purview of philosophers and theologians, at least some of whom seek meaning within creation as a means of getting at who or what the eternal cause of the universe is.
I have always openly been Christian on this forum so my position on who the first cause of this universe is, is hardly a secret. But I don’t want to bend this into a religion thread - the discussion of celestial mechanics is quite interesting enough, and besides, I’m on holiday.
