Leibniz’ Contingency Argument
We live in an amazing universe.
Have you ever wondered why it exists?
Why does anything at all exist?
Gottfried Leibniz wrote, “The first question which should rightly be asked is: Why is there something rather than nothing?”
He came to the conclusion that the explanation is found in God.
But is this reasonable?
P1: Everything that exists has an explanation of its existence.
P2: If the universe has an explanation of its existence, that explanation is God.
P3: The universe exists.
From these it follows logically that the explanation of the universe’s existence is God.
