Without mathematical formulas, 0.999.... Does NOT Equal 1

For your first argument, you claim:"The[y] look completely different, thus, they aren't identical, and identical means equal, and because such, 0.999.... does not equal to one. Seriously, look at them. They're completely different!"But appearances are not enough to state that two things are not the same. This is a dog: click="document.location='/GaryBacon/photos/album/3762/24391/'" src="../../../photos/albums/1/4/3762/3161-3762-cmqps-a.jpg" alt="" /> But this is also a dog: click="document.location='/GaryBacon/photos/album/3762/24390/'" src="../../../photos/albums/1/4/3762/3161-3762-mmpfr-a.jpg" alt="" /> The two look completely different, yet both are considered dogs. A difference in appearance is not sufficient to claim that two things are different. The Kalam Cosmological ArgumentFirst, I must commend you on your creativity. Using an ontological argument for this debate is certainly thinking outside the box. Nevertheless, this argument which was designed to show the existence of a God has been viewed as invalid by many in the philosophical community.The argument itself argues against infinites, and then establishes God as necessary for the existence of the universe. Yet, by definition, God is an infinite. This argument refutes itself.But since this debate is not of an ontological nature, there are further points to the argument that must be addressed.The argument against infinitesCraig's main argument here uses an analogy of a library with an infinite amount of books. However, this analogy cannot be applied to all infinites. The following two links show the problems with the Kalam Cosmological Argument.http://cbl2988.hubpages.com...http://stripe.colorado.edu... In addition to showing the problems with the Kalam Cosmological Argument, we can actually see that contrary to Craig's views, infinites do exist. The universe itself is, in fact, an infinite and the universe does exist.http://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov... Lyrics to Pharrell Williams' "Happy"The lyrics to the song may state "I'm a hot air balloon, I could go to space" but this doesn't mean that these lyrics are true. First off, I think that it is fairly obvious that Pharrell Williams is NOT a hot air balloon.Furthermore, even if he were a talking, singing, hot air balloon, he would not be able to go to space because a hot air balloon cannot rise fast enough to exceed the escape velocity needed.http://en.wikipedia.org... So while I agree that a 0.999.... hot air balloon would never make it to space (which is simply another way of saying a hot air balloon), it is because I am familiar with physics and not because I believe there is any difference between a hot air balloon and a 0.999.... hot air balloon.My argumentNow that the rebuttals have been handled, I will show why 0.999.... and 1 are, in fact, the same.When two things are different, we are always able to show what the difference is between the two. Two things are said to be the same when there is no difference between the two. When looking for a difference between 0.999.... and 1, there is no difference. Because infinites do exist, 0.999... can go on forever, and so anyone that tries to show me the difference would show me 0.000... going on forever. Therefore 0.999.... and 1 are the same since there is no difference between the two. And when two things cannot be shown to have any difference, the conclusion is that they are equal.