God Couldn't Have Caused The First Moment Of Time

In this discussion, I will be attempting to demonstrate that a being with God's attributes could not have created the first moment of time. God's AttributesIf God was the cause of the first moment of time then two attributes must be applied:(a) Intelligence(b) TimelessnessHe must be intelligent, because intelligence is inherent to what the conception of God is (take "intelligent design" for example). God must be a being with an intellect far more advanced than humans because he is also described as a maximally great being[1], who would certainly have intelligence as this is a great making property. In fact, it is so self-evident that a being with the name "God" would be intelligent that arguing for this as an attribute of God is actually rather futile. Any reasonable conception of God will entail he has the property of intelligence. Thus, (a) holds as an attribute of God. In the case of the cause of the first moment time, the cause must be timeless. If the cause was in time, then this would negate the original assertion that the first moment of time is being created (as time would already exist). Thus, (b) holds as an attribute of God. The Incoherence Of Timeless Intelligence As I have established in my last section, if God exists he must be both timeless (assuming he creates the first moment of time) and intelligent. However, a being cannot have both of these properties coherently. The reason a timeless intelligence cannot be substantiated in the actual world is that intelligence presuppose time. Since timelessness entails no time, and intelligence entails time, a being with both attributes is logically impossible due to the Law of Noncontradiction[1]. Why does intelligence entail time? One reason is that to be intelligent, one must be able to think, but thinking is a process by definition:"The process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something. "[3]"The action of using your mind to produce ideas, decisions, memories, etc. : the activity of thinking about something. "[4]When it comes to definitions, Oxford and Webster are the standard to say the least so there should be no argumentation with regards to the definitions provided. Now, thinking is an action, a process, and and activity. The idea of a process entails change. First there is a stage 1 in the process, then a stage 2 and so on and so forth; this is what a process is. The jump from stage 1 to stage 2 is self-evidently a change: This is an issue, because virtually all philosophers acknowledge that change and time are fundamentally linked, and change implies time. "So construed, the notion of change is obviously bound up with notions of cause, time and motion" - Change and Inconsistency (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)[5]"Change is intimately bound up with time. " " What is philosophy? (University of Florida)[5]The second something changes, one could time how long the change has occurred; which presupposes time. This is especially the case with the idea of a mind: "How can a nontemporal mind think! ? Thinking at its most generic metric requires that this mind have one state and then transition to another. " - Ben Schuldt[7] If we bring together the facts that intelligence requires thinking, thinking is a process, a process is a change, and change entails time; it becomes rather clear why a "timeless intelligence" makes no sense. God cannot harbour thoughts without a process, because a thought by definition is a product of thinking (which is a process):"An idea or opinion produced by thinking, or occurring suddenly in the mind"[8]"A product of thinking" [9]"The act or process of thinking" [10]Intelligence without thinking or mental processing is as absurd as the idea of bench pressing without arm lifting, or car rides without moving vehicles. These are nonsensical scenarios as they go against the very nature of the intention entailed by it. ConclusionEither way you slice the cake, intelligence requires time to function. This is a metaphysically necessary a proiri truth, so there doesn't seem to be anyway around it. Since intelligence requires time to function, then the idea of a "timeless intelligence" is nonsense, as it violates logic to a harsh degree. However, if God exists and was the cause of the first moment of time, then he would have both attributes. Since those attributes are incompatible, it follows logically that God couldn't have caused the first moment of time. The resolution has been established. Sources[1] . http://www.reasonablefaith.org...[2] . http://en.wikipedia.org...[3] . http://oxforddictionaries.com...[4] . http://www.merriam-webster.com...[5] . http://plato.stanford.edu...[6] . http://web.phil.ufl.edu...[7] . http://richardcarrier.wikispaces.com... [8] . http://oxforddictionaries.com...[9] . http://www.thefreedictionary.com...[10] . http://www.merriam-webster.com...