God Exists!

A Pretty Simple Argument for His Existence and Attributes

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Consider the following principle: Everything has an outside explanation.[1] This principle cannot be true. Why? Consider this fact: Something exists. But this fact cannot be explained by something outside itself, because beyond the fact that something exists, there is nothing.[2] And nothing—the complete absence of anything—cannot possibly explain anything. So, the principle that everything has an outside explanation is false.[3]

Now, consider a different principle: everything has an explanation (either outside or inside).[4] This principle is compatible with the fact that something exists, since that fact might have an internal explanation. There might be something about whatever exists that can make sense of—remove the mystery of—the fact that something exists. However, we have not yet proven that the principle "everything has an explanation" is true, because it might be the case that some things simply lack an explanation. Perhaps there is no explanation for the fact that something exists. It just is—and maybe it’s time to move on, since dinner is almost ready. I heard it’s Salisbury steak tonight.