1. Cause & Effect

2. Which one are you?

7. What caused the universe?
(1) the Universe is eternal; it always has existed and always will exist;
(2) the Universe is not eternal; rather, it created itself out of nothing; or
(3) the Universe is not eternal, and did not create itself out of nothing, but instead was created by something (or Someone) outside of, and superior to, itself. 7

8. Eternal The universe like everything is made of matter.
And all matter abides The Second Law of Thermodynamics (often called the Law of Increasing Entropy) states that everything is running down or wearing out.
Energy is becoming less and less available for use. 8

9. Eternal = No beginning nor ending

11. Losing 4 million tons of mass per second

12. If something runs out of energy, it has to have a beginning and therefore its not eternal

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15. What caused the universe?
(1) the Universe is eternal; it always has existed and always will exist;
(2) the Universe is not eternal; rather, it created itself out of nothing; or
(3) the Universe is not eternal, and did not create itself out of nothing, but instead was created by something (or Someone) outside of, and superior to, itself. 15

16. Where do babies come from?16

21. Neither matter nor energy may be created or destroyed in nature.
FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

22. Something can not come from nothing
COMMON SENSE

23. What caused the universe?
(1) the Universe is eternal; it always has existed and always will exist;
(2) the Universe is not eternal; rather, it created itself out of nothing; or
(3) the Universe is not eternal, and did not create itself out of nothing, but instead was created by something (or Someone) outside of, and superior to, itself. 23

24. What’s that something?
existed before or at the same time with it—that is, some eternal, uncaused First Cause;
is superior to it—since the created cannot be superior to the creator; and
is of a different nature—since the finite, dependent Universe of matter is unable to explain itself. 24

25. Conclusion

34. The intellectual does not arise from the non intellectual; something cannot arise from nothing.”
-Norman Geisler

35. Which one are you? 35

36. So what? That 1st cause have some very important message to you and I
So important that He became men and walk talk a breath like you and I to tell us that message
Not only he told you by His words but also with his own life.
By dying on the cross for you and I.
Friends take sometime in your busy day to consider carefully consider His message.
If you have questions, find a brother or sister to sit down and study it together. 36