Although Nagel rejects the existence of God, he establishes two causes for why God exists. The first argument is the cosmological argument stating on page 223 “everything that exists is caused to exist by something else”. If everything is caused to exist by something …show more content…
Many believe that the universe started with the big bang. Others believe that the universe is endless and the existence of the universe has always just been there. With no time and no space, the universe started without nothing prior to the big bang. The problem with the cosmological argument is that it does not explain the existence of the universe. A theologist would state God had to start the universe and Nagel questions, what caused God? In response the theologist would say God is …show more content…
However, Nagel does not think God exists at all, Nagel dismisses Swinburne’s article since he assumes God does exist. Nagel illustrates the idea of watching an orchestra playing music and if you are standing too close to one instrument it seems really loud, if you step back you can see it all in context. A theologist would respond to this and say in the world evil is bad to us, but since we’re too close to it we need to step back and see the big picture in God’s view. Nagel says that this is a hypothesis about God’s plan, while Swinburne believes that no one knows God’s plan at