Hi nano,
nano writes:
1. Consider the beginning of the universe.
2. There was either a "first thing" or "something has always been here".
I would like to take this 1 step further.
There has always been existence or existence had a beginning to exist.
Existence= the universe and everything in it including any multiverses or superverse. In other words everything that exists or has existed.
What is the opposite of existence?
Non-existence is the opposite of existence.
That would be no universe, multiverse, superverse, branes, or instantons, or a vacuum for the instanton or branes to exist in.
There would be no existence for vertical time to exist in, or any substance.
nano writes:
8. Therefore, the origin of the universe cannot be scientifically explained.
Sure it can be explained, every time I ask what existed at T=0 I get the answer, "We don't know".
You say, but that is not a scientific explanation. Well that is the answer I get from scientist.
God Bless,
"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."