Quote Originally Posted by acidtrip
Motion
In the universe, there are objects in motion, each object in motion must have been caused to move by something else. Because nothing is infinite, there must have been a first motion or "prime mover" which was unmoved, this prime mover began all movement without bieng moved, Aquinas stated that the "prime mover" must have been God.

Causes
Nothing can be the cause of it's self, as it would have to 'exist' before bieng caused. This of course is impossible, so like with motion there must have been a first "un caused" cause, that started a chain of causes. This is God.

Contingency
There must have been a time when nothing existed, the cause of the universe would have to be outside of the universe and must have always existed. There muse have been something to cause the universe to exist, this is God.

Of course, this can also be applied to the big bang. So you could say

God = the Big Bang.
about halfway through reading your post, i said, "the big bang". maybe the reason for religion is to keep fear out of the hearts of men. we live all this time, work so hard for our lives, yet we can't take any of that with us when we die. it's a "promise", that when you leave this earth, you'll live a life with god, a more abundant life. life after death? sounds familiar, uh? we spend so much time wondering about the meaning of life, and no one's come up with an answer. millions and millions of years, asking this question, and no answer. when maybe the only answer is, to live. life on earth is by far the most wonderful experience a human can participate in. look at what we've accomplished on this planet. look at what we live through when we wake up each and every morning, it's amazing. to be able to live on a planet, floating in a seemingly endless environment, surrounded by other planets, by asteroids that could hit us whenever they wanted, we live. any slight explosion in space could send a global-destroyer our way, this very instant. living amongst that danger everyday, is absolutely amazing in my eyes.
Ganj Reviewed by Ganj on . How To Prove The Existence Of God I thought this was pretty funny. It turns out the Bible contains an example of a very simple experiment any Christian could perform to prove the existence of their deity. Biblegod doesn't really hide his existence like so many of his followers claim; in his own book it shows how he sent a very clear message confirming his existence to unbelievers, in an objective experiment whose results could easily be reproduced if indeed there is such a being. Any Christians willing to try it out for me? Rating: 5