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

My opponent's conception of God is some sort of supernatural entity that is the cause of the universe. Furthermore, he has also noted that said being is omnipotent and omniscient - this will be taken into consideration as it furthers a new counterargument. Since my opponent has made several points about the origin of the universe - which is the focus of cosmological arguments - I will respond to them in a numerical order similar to how my opponent organized them. ==================== PRO -- The universe is in motion ==================== My opponent's argument about the nature of motion would seem to be prima facie correct, given that Newton's law of motion supports it. Indeed, his concerns take inspiration from the Prime Mover argument, which dates back to Aristotle. However, the main criticism of this argument is that it relies on predated physics. Given our new understanding of the law of conservation of energy and molecular physics, there are well document examples of bodies in motion without being moved, such as gas molecules. ==================== PRO -- Issues about the universe being eternal ==================== The first problem with this argument is that it assumes the universe is eternal - because if the Big Bang theory is true, which it most likely is, then there were not an infinite past events; time "begins" approximately 15 billion years ago with the singularity expanding. Secondly, even if there were an infinite amount of past events, you are presuming a certain model of theory of time; namely the A-theory, as opposed to the B-theory[1]. I will argue in favor of the B-theory because the idea of an absolute reference frame for time (in the form of singular predicates such as past, present, future) is absurd. Not only that, but the very application of A-theory is impossible due to it's inherently contradictory properties. Finally, you assume instances of infinity can't be found in reality. This is false, there are clear cases of infinity being in found in the most common of examples - take Zeno's paradoxes[2] for example. Motion obviously exists, but according to Zeno they can't due to the impossibly of an infinity. .. so does motion not exist? Of course not, and not only that but mathematical discoveries such as calculus are able to resolve said paradoxes. ==================== PRO -- Issues about the Big Bang ==================== "The belief that matter exploded is contingent on the fact that said matter existed in the first place. If the matter existed, it must have come from somwhere. Similarly, the place from whence this matter came must have come from somewhere. " ----> Firstly, matter expanded not exploded. But more importantly, in regards to your claim that whatever exists must have "come from somewhere". .. why is that so? Would you care to give a reason or scientific principle that demonstrates your causal principle? And indeed, the rest of my opponent's concerns here can be addressed with my arguments concerning the nature of time and infinities. ==================== PRO -- Issues about the cosmological argument and my opponent's definition of God ==================== Even if my opponent's argument were to be valid, he would have to answer a final glaring criticism - why is it that only an omnipotent and omniscient entity could have caused it? In fact, why would one have to be all-powerful and not just really powerful? Or why would one have to know everything and not just a lot? Given this vagueness in the argument, there are an INFINITE mount of possible "gods" who could fulfill the cosmological argument's conclusion - which demonstrates that my opponents attempt prove only his conception of God is narrow thinking. Hell, you could have a committee of gods like the ancient Greek conceptions. ==================== Conclusion ==================== My opponent's position fails because it presumes a ridiculous philosophical model of time, it relies on outdated scientific claims, and has too vague of a conclusion. ---References--- 1. . http://plato.stanford.edu... 2. . http://plato.stanford.edu...