The Following Arguments for the Existence of God are Valid - 1C

I thank for the opportunity for my opponent to challenge me and for creating this debate focusing on the arguments concerning the existence of God. I accept all of his definitions. In this debate, we both have the burden of proof. I will attempt to create a valid argument for the existence of God and it is my opponent's burden to invalidate it. Since by the terms of the debate, I get to characterize what I mean by God. God is a supreme being that can interact with the physical world and but, is not detectable with scientific instruments. His attributes are listed as: *omnipotence *divine simplicity *jealousy *eternal and necessary existence. 1. The complexity of our planet and the Universe points to a deliberate Designer who not only created our universe, but sustains it today. The complexity of our Solar System is too rare for any other habitable planet similar to Earth could form that supports intelligent life. The factors that demonstrates the uniqueness of our Solar System are: *galaxy size *galaxy type *galaxy location *supernovae eruptions *white dwarf binaries *proximity of solar nebula to a supernova eruption *distance from parent star *magnetic field *volcanic activity *parent star mass (1) That's just ten factors I listed which already demonstrates complexity of the universe. If just 66 factors are listed, the total probability would be estimated to be 1:10^99, which is way too high for natural causes to explain alone. There is about trillions of planets in the universe according to a study conducted by astronomers. (2) Even if there was more, 10^99 is easily much larger than a trillion or quadrillion number of planets which explains the rarity of any other planets similar to Earth. "Unless ALL of these conditions and many more not included in this list are met, we would have a universe that would preclude the possibility of conscious, complex life forms. However, it is possible to meet all of these conditions for the universe and still not necessarily find a suitable habitat in the universe for complex, conscious life." (3) Time is a factor included in the possibility of a planet having intelligent life. The Earth could not have humans evolving from primates if the Earth was corrupted before there was humans by comets, meteorites, asteroids, and etc that could destroy life. If we were to put time as a factor in the probability, the chance could severely or slightly decrease. However, the odds are certainly not in favor in having many planets with intelligent life. The Fermi Paradox: 1.The apparent size and age of the universe suggest that many technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilizations ought to exist. 2. However, this hypothesis seems inconsistent with the lack of observational evidence to support it. This alone supports the Earth is unique because it shows how intelligent life is rare. There are an estimated 250 billion (2.5 x 10^11) stars in the Milky Way and 70 septillion (7 x 10^22) in the visible universe. There should still be a great number of civilizations extant in the Milky Way galaxy alone even if intelligent life occurs on only a very small percentage of planets around these stars. However, it is assuming that Earth is not special, but merely a typical planet. The chance of a planet similar to Earth is small, demonstrated by the Fermi Paradox. Why the galaxies have not been colonized already if intelligent life might have evolved earlier? "Even if colonization is impractical or undesirable to all alien civilizations, large scale exploration of the galaxy is still possible." However, no signs of either colonization or exploration have been found. Even if such civilizations are rare, they should exist somewhere and some point during the history of the universe, and since they could be detected from far away over a considerable period of time, many more potential sites for their origin should be within our view. (4) 2. Pick any event in the universe. Since every cause has an effect, no matter what event you choose, it will still be the result of some cause or a very complex set of causes. Each of those causes is the result of some other set of causes, which are, in turn, the results of yet other causes. Thus, there is an enormous chain of events in the Universe, with the earlier events causing the latter. Either this chain has a beginning, or it does not. Since an infinite regress is logically impossible(an endless cycle of causes), then there must be a first cause (something that is not an effect). According to the Big Bang theory, gravitational singularity signals the breakdown of general relativity and approximately 10^-35 seconds into the expansion, a phase transition caused a cosmic inflation, during which the universe grew exponentially. (5) What caused it to expand in the first place? What caused the singularity to exist in the first place? We all know that nothing that begins to exist does so without a cause; nothing comes from nothing. There must be something else that already exist that can bring it into existence for something to come into existence in the first place. For something to come into existence there must be something else that already exists that can bring it into existence. "The fact that the universe began to exist therefore implies that something brought it into existence, that the universe has a Creator." 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