El Argumento Cosmológico
Does God Exist or is the Universe Material?
This section introduces the argument for the existence of God, known as the cosmological argument. It states that everything that begins to exist has a cause, and since the universe began to exist, it must have a cause.
The Cosmological Argument
- Believing that something can come into existence without a cause is an exaggeration greater than believing in magic.
- The second premise of the cosmological argument is whether the universe began to exist or has always existed.
- The second law of thermodynamics suggests that if the universe had existed forever, it would have run out of usable energy by now.
- Scientific discoveries such as Einstein's theory of relativity and Hubble's measurement of redshift support the idea that the universe had a finite beginning.
- Recent studies by cosmologists David Borde, Alan Guth, and Alexander Vilenkin show that any universe expanding throughout its history cannot be eternal but must have an absolute beginning.
Conclusion