ICANT writes:
Either there is eternal existence,
OR
Existence began to exist.
If existence had a beginning to exist that means it had to begin to exist from non-existence.
So I will ask you:
Is there eternal existence?
OR
Did existence begin to exist?
Does your God exist? If so, is existence eternal or did it begin to exist?
If existence has to be either/or and your god exists and the universe also exists then the question can be equally posed to either idea.
Yes, as far as we can detect the universe had a beginning, but we know that the universe exists. Therefore, all we know of existence is what began at the beginning of time. If your god exists, it has to be part of existence and therefore, had to begin to exist (or, as per your logic, doesn't exist).
Or (again, as per your logic) all existence is eternal and your god has no special place.
Or does Yahweh get a special pass because he said so?
"You are metaphysicians. You can prove anything by metaphysics; and having done so, every metaphysician can prove every other metaphysician wrong--to his own satisfaction. You are anarchists in the realm of thought. And you are mad cosmos-makers. Each of you dwells in a cosmos of his own making, created out of his own fancies and desires. You do not know the real world in which you live, and your thinking has no place in the real world except in so far as it is phenomena of mental aberration." -
The Iron Heel by Jack London
"Hazards exist that are not marked" - some bar in Chelsea