Answering Atheism - How to Make the Case for God with Logic and Charity

by Trent Horn

infinite number of previous days to get here?172 If there were an infinite number of days before today, then there would always be “one more day” in history for time to move through, and today could never happen. Here’s another example that illustrates this concept. Let’s say your Aunt Mildred owns a flower shop. Each day Mildred counts all her flowers, and only after she counts each one will she open her flower shop for business. Now, if Mildred has only a dozen flowers to count, she will open up the shop pretty quickly. But if she has a million or a billion flowers to count, then it will take her much longer before she can open the shop. But even if she has a trillion flowers to count, eventually enough time will pass and