The Cosmological Argument Essay: The Existence Of God

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The existence of God has been a topic that has been widely debated and discussed by various philosophers throughout past centuries. Even though it is nearly impossible to prove beyond a shadow of doubt that God definitely exists, His presence is still felt through the evidence of his work. The fact that God is not something made up of matter and not someone we are able to see with our own eyes makes it easy for people to be skeptical of his existence. But to simply dismiss His existence because he is not apart of the physical world would be to ignore the different arguments and justifications made throughout history about Him. Philosophers throughout history have approached the question of God’s existence with several different arguments. We …show more content…
Scientists point out the importance of the big bang theory, which basically states that the universe originated billions of years ago in an explosion from a single point of nearly infinite energy density. The theory states that before the universe existed, there was nothing, which implies that the universe came up out of nowhere, out of nothing. This fact contradicts the first law of thermodynamics. In his article, The Existence of God—Logically Proven!, David C. Pack, states examples derived from science that provide proof: “The FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS is stated as follows: Matter and energy can be neither created nor destroyed. There are no natural processes that can alter either matter or energy in this way.” This means that there is no new matter or energy coming into existence and there is no new matter or energy passing out of existence. All who state that the universe came into existence from nothing violate the first law of thermodynamics, which was established by the scientific community who contradicts itself in using the theory to refute any kind of religious reasoning behind the beginning of the universe. David C. Pack goes on to summarize that, “This law plainly demonstrates that the universe, and all matter and energy within it, must have had a divine origin—a specific moment in which it was created by someone who was

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