There's a rich literature in physical cosmology too... and I suspect that a difference between the operational definition used there and the traditional Christian definition is causing a lot of crosstalk.
I'm puzzled about why you think you can make certain assumptions about God but not anything else. It seems to me that you are in just as much of a fix to make assertions about God as you are to make assertions about time, or Dunkin Donuts Inc.
I appreciate that you conceded the possibility of showing that one thing or another doesn't exist - my concern was really for that general principle and not any specific application (e.g., to the unceasing arguments about God)
I'm puzzled about why you think you can make certain assumptions about God but not anything else. It seems to me that you are in just as much of a fix to make assertions about God as you are to make assertions about time, or Dunkin Donuts Inc.
I appreciate that you conceded the possibility of showing that one thing or another doesn't exist - my concern was really for that general principle and not any specific application (e.g., to the unceasing arguments about God)