Best one sentence summation of how I feel, ever.

[DrKvothe]

Originally Posted by Illuzionz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't see how it's possible you can think that God doesn't exist. Finite things can't just make themselves. Everything that has a beginning, has to have a creator. The Universe had a beginning, therefor it and everything in it has a creator. This should be basic 1st grade level logic.

The cosmological argument does not necessitate a god. It simply requires a First Cause. The big bang theory provides a First Cause, because in the absence of any form of dimensionality, the concept of something happening "before" is meaningless. Before time exists, causality can't exist.

God is always exempt from having a prior cause because he's not 'finite'. But the universe need not be finite either: perhaps the 'birth' of our universe rose from the 'death' of a previous, possibly identical universe. If such a cycle were infinite, it would be exempt from requiring a prior cause just like God.

What would it take to convince you that the claims of any one of the other thousands of religions that have existed or will exist is actually true? You would require PROOF. Does your own religion truly meet that burden of proof?