Divine Creatio Ex Nihilo is the Best Explanation for the Beginning of the Universe

Rational and myself just finished a debate about the KCA being sound or not. Needless to say I mishandled my argument and he prevailed. Link here: . http://www.debate.org... This is another debate and another day. I hope my opponent and I can keep you(the readers) entertained with mental gymnastics. We will specifically focus on Divine Creatio Ex Nihilo(now refered as DCEN) as the cause of the universe. In this debate I will offer three main contentions. Burden of Proof: The burden of proof is on Pro to make an convincing argument for DCEN. Pro must also undermine all or most evidence brought forth by Con. Con has the burden of showing DCEN as not being the best explanation for the universe. He must also offer another alternative to replace DCEN as the cause of the universe. One cannot determine if DCEN is the best explanation without other theories to judge against, otherwise DCEN will be the only choice. Resolution: Divine Creatio Ex Nihilo is the Best Explanation for the Beginning of the Universe Defintions: Ex Nihilo - Out of nothing. . http://en.wikipedia.org... Big Bang(BB) - The prevailing cosmological model that describes the early universe. . http://en.wikipedia.org... Theistic hypothesis(TH) - The theory God created time and matter at the Big Bang and it formed the universe with fine-tuning, design, and law for morality. . http://home.messiah.edu... Temporal - Lasting only for a time; not eternal; passing. . http://www.thefreedictionary.com... Infinite - Existing beyond or being greater than any arbitrarily large value. . http://www.thefreedictionary.com... A priori - knowledge or justification is independent of experience. A posteriori - knowledge or justification is dependent on experience or empirical evidence. . https://en.wikipedia.org... Argument: I hold that this argument will come down to philosophical explanation more than scientific evidence. There are a few speculations to the beginnings of the universe. I cannot guess which one my opponent has in mind so I will address the most prevailing theories. 1) The universe is an illusion- If we accept this conclusion then nothing really exist and these questions can never be answered. If someone is suffering from an illusion then someone must experience it. Therefore something must have created or is self existent. 2) The Universe is eternal- The eternal universe contradicts current scientific evidence as the 2nd law of thermal dynamics which shows everything is going from order to disorder. Mathematics show that the universe cannot be infinite or it would have died long ago. 3) Emergence from nothing- The theory we are judging. There must have been something foreign introduced, which means something did exist. There must have been something that was self existent. C1) Theistic Hypothesis The TH must meet a high bar to count as a good explanation. Here all I must show is that DCEN is the best explanation available. We have reason to prefer natural explanations, and if no natural explanations are at hand, we would always be justified in seeking one. [1] We cannot make predictions about God's behavior further then a Holy book. Plantinga's transworld depravity thesis[2] holds that it's possible that it's not within God's power to actualize a world where the agents that God has created doesn't sin. This shows that even God also has conditions from His own nature. One of those conditions would be by creating, opposed to not creating. Another condition would be that God cannot be contained inside creation. The optimality condition[3] holds that God, being rational, would use the best way to achieve his goal or intention. The Copernican principle[4] has been generalized to the relativistic concept that humans are not privileged observers of the universe. Therefore how can there be a opposing theory more reasonable than DCEN? The DCEN relates to spontaneous generation for everything in some time in the past. Science has claimed something has came from nothing in the form of vaccum fluctuations but this has no comparison to ex nihilo. Other theories of quantum origins hold that the universe was created out of nothing into being. These thoughts are philosophical in nature. DCEN is consistent with natural principles and seems to be a obvious possibility. I maintain that God created space and time in which our material universe expanded from the BB. DCEN is merely a philosophical argument for the cause of our universe and with scientific evidence lacking to date, purposes the best explanation available. [5] C2) Reasons to believe in Divine Creation C2A - The Ontological Argument . http://plato.stanford.edu... The Ontological argument purports to be an a priori proof of God's existence. Starting with premises that do not depend on experience for justification and it proceeds by logical means to a conclusion that God exists. This view is the best explanation for the reason God must exist. I contend if God exist then He is the best explanation for the universe ex nihilo. C1B - The Teleological Argument . http://plato.stanford.edu... Teleological arguments are arguments from the order in the universe to the existence of God. Intelligent design offers a consistent explanation for observed data from all life and can be considered A posteriori knowledge. This model is based off empirical testing and scientific reasoning. I contend that God created the universe ex nihilo and He designed it. C1C - Unexplainable Science ultimately cannot explain the beginning of the universe. Science can only explain what is in nature and even that is speculative. The only plausible theory which is rational and scientific is that the universe was created DCEH. If there was an explosion it would not put the universe in order but just the opposite without a designer. C3) DCEN is the simplest explanation Simplicity is the state of being simple. It refers to something which is the easiest to understand, in contrast to something complicated. [6] Occam's razor is a principle used in logic and problem-solving. [7] It states that amoung competing hypothesis, the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions should be selected. I contend that this principle should be applied here. All scientific processes make the explanation even more confounded. Physical states have qualities that only have certain exercising power. These states make the explanation more complicated than DCEH. Summation I have given a explanatory hypothesis from scientific and personnel conditions. I offered both initial conditions and personal explanation. I showed that other explanations are less simple than DCEH. DCEH has no need for a second power, it is not restrained by physical cause, it follows divine ex nihilo. Thank You back to Con. Resources: [1] . http://ndpr.nd.edu... [2] . http://thekingpin68.blogspot.com... [3] . http://www.phy.ornl.gov... [4] . http://www.princeton.edu... [5] . http://www.reasonablefaith.org... [6] . http://en.wikipedia.org... [7] . http://en.wikipedia.org...