J. Brian Pitts: Why the Big Bang Singularity Does Not Help the Kalam Cosmological Argument for Theism

Abstract: The cosmic singularity provides negligible evidence for creation in the
finite past, and hence theism. A physical theory might
have no metric or multiple metrics, so a
‘beginning’ must involve a first moment, not just finite age. Whether
one dismisses
singularities or takes them seriously, physics
licenses no first moment. The analogy between the Big Bang and stellar
gravitational
collapse indicates that a Creator is required in
the first case only if a Destroyer is needed in the second. The need for
and progress in quantum gravity and the
underdetermination of theories by data make it difficult to take
singularities seriously.
The singularity exemplifies the sort of gap that is
likely to be closed by scientific progress, obviating special divine
action.
The apparent irrelevance of cardinality to
practices of counting infinite sets in classical field theory and
Fourier analysis
is noted.



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