There are two possibilities for existence – an eternal cyclic/cause & effect system or something that is beyond matter or time or quantum physics and all that we know, that is eternal and self-existent. We don’t see any evidence for a cyclic/cause & effect system, as far as we know the universe will petter out. But we do see strong evidence of a universe that is created with fine tuning, and we don’t have an adequate eternal cyclic explanation. Things like the multi-verse only increase the fine-tuning needed and leave us empty with an eternal cyclic construct. And so, the irony is that atheists’ scientific explanations like multi-verse and evolution only increase the need for the fine-tuning of the universe in order to occur. If we want to stand where the current evidence is strongest, one that points to fine-tuning, believing in God, is not appealing to “the God of the gaps”, but following what is supported by the current evidence we have in science. Atheists on the other hand instead of acknowledging this evidence, because of their unbelief, are forced to appeal to the fact that it only “appears” to be fine-tuned and that the “science of the gaps” will someday switch from providing more and more evidence for fine-tuning to finally just explaining it away. How long will it take for this argument to be proven or for the atheists to decide that it is futility. I suppose we will see.

Yes, with nothing, there is no matter, motive, energy, different dimension for nothing to work with to become something.

But there is something . . .

Even scientists who say that something can come from nothing are not talking about nothing but instead are talking about another type of something. So, we are still left with the dilemma, how did something come to exist.

Since something cannot come from nothing, to have something, something must have always existed eternally in the past are more properly outside of time. Not only must there have always been something, but if there is change, then there must always have been the ability to inact change. For a something that exists eternally and yet does not change will always not change, for there is no magical force that can appear out of nothing separate from this something to cause it to change. After all, how does something that has not changed from all eternity past suddenly change? So, something must be eternal and the ability to act and cause change must be eternal. Could it be nature? Nature has no desire or will to move or change. It will not move, unless eternally moving. So, nature would need a system of perpetual motion to eternally have both something and action, perhaps a cyclic existence. The sacred name of God is Yahweh, meaning “I am”. He was and is and is to come. God claims to be the only one who is self-existent and the one who created time itself, and unlike nature being personal, he has a will and not only eternally exists but eternally is able to act and is not subject to time. God has both a “divine nature” and “eternal power”, the very things we would expect if there is something.

I don’t present this as something to prove God’s existence. I don’t want to make a claim like that, lightly. I don’t feel like I have thought through all of this well enough to make that claim. But it is only prudent to take the time to meditate on these things and let them sink in.

“For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.” (Romans 1:20, ESV)

Additional point that shows this is Paul’s intent: Romans knew Paul’s statement to be true

O LORD, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
(Psalm 104:24,ESV)

“For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse”. (Romans 1:20, ESV)

I think this is important to remember as we are pilgrims in this world corrupted by sin. May we make a stand and make His glory evident in this evil generation and in all places.