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With the evidence for the beginning of the universe so strong, some unbelievers question the first premise of the Cosmological Argument—the Law of Causality.

This is a dangerous ground for atheists, who typically pride themselves on being champions of science and reason.

As we discussed before, the Law of Causality is the foundation of all science. Science is the search for causes. If you destroy and denote the Law of Causality, then you destroy science itself.

People attempt to cast doubt on the Law of Causality by citing quantum physics, specifically the Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle.

This principle describes our inability to simultaneously predict the location and speed of subatomic particles.

The unbelievers’ proposition is this: if causality at the subatomic realm is not necessary, then maybe the causality of the entire universe is not necessary either.

Fortunately for science, this atheistic concept to cast doubt on the Law of Causality fails. Why? Because it confuses causality and predictability.

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle does not prove that the movement of electrons is un-caused; it only describes our inability to predict their location and speed at any given time.

The fact that we cannot predict something does not mean it does not have a cause.

In fact, quantum theorists acknowledge that we might not be able to predict the simultaneous speed and location of electrons because our very attempts at observing them are the cause of their unpredictable movements. Like a beekeeper putting his head in a beehive, we must stir them up in order to observe them.

In conclusion, no atheistic theory adequately refutes either premise of the Cosmological Argument. The universe had a beginning and therefore it needs a cause.

Why don’t all scientists just accept this conclusion instead of attempting to avoid the facts and their implications with wild and implausible explanations?