Major Arguments for the Existence of God

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It’s not possible for a cyclic universe to exist from the infinite past, because if it did then we would now be at the end of an infinite series of actual events. But by definition it is not possible to reach the end of an infinite series. Therefore, at some point the universe had a beginning.
No. All we have is now and the present moment. The real line extends without bound into the past and future and yet there is a point on the line corresponding to 2016, the present year.
I don’t accept your argument because there is no point at infinity to take as your starting point.
 
Wrong.

An infinitely long period of time is not the same as an infinitely divisible period of time.
The statement was that it is not possible to reach the end of an infinite series. There is no proof that time is not continuous, and it is assumed to be continuous even in quantum mechanics. Lattice gauge theory does assume discreteness, but it fails because it is not Lorentz invariant. People want the universe to act like a binary digital computer so that everything can be calculated nicely by the computer.
 
Please tell us how you expect to preserve Lorentz invariance and even translational invariance in a discrete formulation of physics in Minkowski space time (Do not assume Euclidean space time as I agree it might be possible there if you throw in a lot of other assumptions to begin with.)
 
Please tell us how you expect to preserve Lorentz invariance and even translational invariance in a discrete formulation of physics in Minkowski space time (Do not assume Euclidean space time as I agree it might be possible there if you throw in a lot of other assumptions to begin with.)
I can’t, because I don’t know what most of that means.

Here’s one thing I do know.

You can easily finish eating an infinitely divisible hamburger.
You cannot finish eating an infinitely large hamburger.
 
I can’t, because I don’t know what most of that means.

Here’s one thing I do know.

You can easily finish eating an infinitely divisible hamburger.
You cannot finish eating an infinitely large hamburger.
Actually, if you are slicing that infinitely divisible hamburger and eating the pieces, you would have a problem there. You would have to assume that the whole thing goes into your mouth before it divides. :eek:
 
Actually, if you are slicing that infinitely divisible hamburger and eating the pieces, you would have a problem there.
Ha, right!

Good thing “infinitely divisible” is not the same as “infinitely long.”
 
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