The Mystery of Creation: Chapter 2: Who or What Created the Universe?: Something is Eternal vs. Nothing is Eternal

Chapter 2: Who or What Created the Universe?: Something is Eternal vs. Nothing is Eternal

                So now we are going to get into the true intent of this book.  We are going to determine who or what created the universe, how they/it created it and why.  We are going to, from this point forward, take a detective’s approach to resolving this question. 

                The first thing we must do is determine, using logical deduction, “Who or what created the universe as it is today?”  In other words, what sparked the events that have led the universe to our existence?  Was it God?  Was it multiple Gods?  Was it a Big Bang?

                So how can we determine this logically?  We must use the process of elimination.  Since we were not present at the time of the creation of the universe, we cannot say for certain how it was created unless we are able to eliminate all possibilities except one utilizing the facts that we have at our disposal.  This is what any investigator does when they are attempting to solve a mystery. 

                In order to eliminate all possibilities we must go as far back as we can possibly go.  What do we know?  We know that either something is eternal or nothing is eternal.  In other words, either the concept of eternity is a farce and nothing, ever, can be eternal or something actually is eternal. 

                What does the word eternal mean?  It means “never-ending.”  It means that there literally is no beginning or end to something.  Now if nothing is eternal that means that every single thing in the universe has a beginning and an end.  However, if even one thing is eternal then we know that the answer, “Nothing is eternal” is false.  After all, something is eternal and nothing is eternal are opposites.  To say that both are true is like saying that you have a ball in your right hand but you don’t have a ball in your right hand.  Either you have a ball in your right hand or you don’t have a ball in your right hand.  Both cannot be true.

                Well, something cannot be created from nothing.  You cannot have an endless void of nothingness and then suddenly have something appear in it.  Something begets something.  Nothing begets nothing.  You don’t just go from nothing, not a single thing exists in all of the universe anywhere to suddenly something appears.  That is illogical.  It is feasible to think that you could go from something to nothing, for all limited somethings can be destroyed.  However, if you go back in time as far back as it takes to get to the very beginning of all things, if there was nothing before all things then why and how could something spring up out of nothing?  It is impossible.  It makes no sense.

                Besides this, the very definition of eternal means that there is no beginning or end, so if it has no beginning and no end then we cannot go back in time far enough to reach the beginning of this eternal something or somethings and that also means that there is no end to the eternal something or somethings.

                So if nothing was eternal in space and time that would mean that nothing has no beginning or end throughout all space and time.  If nothing has no beginning or end throughout space and time then nothing would ever change and something would never appear.  Therefore, since we are things, and we exist, we can only conclude that something or some things must be eternal throughout all space and time.