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One of the most commonly pondered philosophical questions is the mystery of the universe's origin. For countless centuries mankind has speculated as to how and why the universe as we know it came into existence. Unfortunately, in attempting to answer this question, we simply raise more questions; each as unanswerable as the last. For instance, in asking where the universe came from, many have applied the cosmological argument to arrive at the conclusion that God …

…with all other events) independent of a cause. Finally, it can be seen that there is a strong argument denying the possibility of an infinite series of events extending back into the past. If the theory of a first cause for everything is to be accepted, it appears that this cause would have to exist independently of the laws of causality. Alternatively, the assumptions we make about the nature of these causal laws are false.