It is possible that God does not exist

Firstly, I'd like to expand the definitions of what we are arguing. Definition of the debate: We are arguing whether or not the universe could be created without a god, or whether or not a god needs to exist so that the universe can be created. I am arguing that it is possible that god does not exist and that the universe (for a lack of a better way of saying it) can create itself. ARGUMENT 1: THE BIG BANG The Big Bang is currently the best model we have and I think the only model we need to prove that the universe can create itself. The Big Bang is a Cosmological model which states that the universe starts as a singularity of infinite density (which would contain all the matter which we now see in the universe) which then is caused to expand from a singularity into the universe we see today. The problem which most people see with this model is the idea of how the universe can expand without an object to give it the force to expand; the answer lies in quantum fluctuations. Quantum fluctuations is a fluctuation of particles appearing out of empty space. This can be called vacuum energy and is going on all the time around us even if we may not notice it. It is entirely possible for a universe to be created from quantum fluctuations because as it is entirely possible for matter and energy to come from nothing (in fact this happens all the time). The fact that the universe could have been created by quantum fluctuations has already been proved mathematically using the Wheeler-DeWitt equation (see https://arxiv.org...). If I may quote the authors of this paper (taken from their last paragraph): In this way, the early universe appears irreversibly. We have shown that it is the quantum potential that provides the power for the exponential expansion of the bubble. Thus, we can conclude that the birth of the early universe is completely determined by quantum mechanism. One may ask the question when and how space, time and matter appear in the early universe from nothing. With the exponential expansion of the bubble, it is doubtless that space and time will emerge. Due to Heisenberg"s uncertainty principle, there should be virtual particle pairs created by quantum fluctuations. Generally speaking, a virtual particle pair will annihilate soon after its birth. But, two virtual particles from a pair can be separated immediately before annihilation due to the exponential expansion of the bubble. Therefore, there would be a large amount of real particles created as vacuum bubble expands exponentially. In other words, the laws of physics allow the universe to create itself and this has been well noted (see references). The existence of a deity is not necessary and something can come from nothing. I conclude my arguments that the universe could possibly have been created from nothing without the help of a deity. I give the microphone to my opponent who has to prove the contrary. Good luck to my opponent, I am looking forward to a fantastic debate. By the way check out these references if you have time, one is of the paper I mentioned the others are more popular science articles which present some of the things I talked about in layman's terms. Thanks. REFERENCES: http://www.space.com... https://arxiv.org... http://futurism.com... http://intelligent-future.com... http://www.universetoday.com...