WARNING – this post is chock full of scientific stuff. Depending on how technical you are, it may take a couple of reads to sink in. I apologize in advance for any resulting aneurysms. The physical universe is the result of a First Cause. The First Cause is defined in the information source known as…
Based on human understanding, we know that the First Cause of existence is “right” and “just”; righteousness and justice describe the nature of the First Cause. The Judeo-Christian Bible gives us more details about the First Cause (God). Most of the characteristics that we attribute to God (merciful, holy, compassionate, all-knowing, all-mighty, etc.) are the…
All right, I’m (finally) ready to identify the First Cause of existence. Lets begin with a recap. Information is transcendent and time-less, and can have a dramatic affect of the physical world. Principles are the first cause of information. Principles are qualitative (subjective) and quantitative (objective) values. The First Cause of existence must consist of…
The First Cause of the physical universe is causeless, supernatural, transcendent, and eternal. The First Cause of the physical universe can only be described in non-physical terms…because the First Cause is non-physical. This shouldn’t actually be all that surprising, because when contemplating the answer to “What’s the point?” (the question that started this whole thing),…
So here’s where we are – we know that existence exists, and we know that one of the cardinal rules of existence is causality. We also know through the rules of causality that the finite universe in which we live had to have a First Cause (a cause without a preceding event). And we know…