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The Contingency Argument: Exploring Existence through Van Gogh's Starry Night

This exploration investigates the Contingency Argument positing that everything that exists must have an explanation for its existence—either due to its own nature or an external cause. The argument suggests that if the universe has an explanation, it must be an external, transcendent, personal cause, namely God. Given that the universe encompasses matter, space, and time, this inquiry provides a logical framework supporting the claim that God is essential for understanding the universe's existence, echoing the majesty found in Van Gogh's "Starry Night."

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The Contingency Argument: Exploring Existence through Van Gogh's Starry Night

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  1. Contingency Argument Why anything at all exists

  2. Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”

  3. God’s Starry Night

  4. Premise 1 • Everything that exists has an explanation of its existence – either in the necessity of its own nature, or in an external cause.

  5. “Necessary” Things

  6. External Cause

  7. Premise 2 • If the universe has an explanation of its existence, that explanation is an external, transcendent, personal cause - God.

  8. Why? • Because the cause of the universe must be greater than the universe itself.

  9. Universe is… • Matter • Space • Time

  10. Premise 3 • The universe exists.

  11. Premise 4 • Therefore, the explanation of the existence of the universe is an external, transcendent, personal cause – God.

  12. Recap • #1: Everything that exists has an explanation of its existence – either in the necessity of its own nature, or in an external cause. • #2: If the universe has an explanation for its existence, that explanation is God. • #3: The universe exists. • #4: Therefore, the universe’s explanation for its existence is God.

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