jisbond claims that his argument for the existence of god, the three steps based on the beginning of the universe, is his own. At least he said it was his proof.

Actually that proof is the ancient kalam cosmological argument of Islam. It was recently used to argue for god's existence by philosopher William Craig in his book "The Kalam Cosmological Argument" in 1979. He revised the same argument in another book in 1993 with co-author Quentin Smith called "Theism, Atheism and Big Bang Cosmology". Astronomer Hugh Ross used the same argument in the 1995 book, "The Creator and the Cosmos". Stenger in "Timeless Reality" in 2000 has refuted that argument based on the particle interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Here is a link to an internet reference
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/james_still/kalam.html

• What could it be, with you, Ru? - jisbond - December 3, 2001 - 16:56 UTC
  • You provided a link to everything else - yanniru - December 3, 2001 - 23:01 UTC
  • Happy to discuss theology - yanniru - December 3, 2001 - 23:14 UTC
    • I am glad for both of us. - jisbond - December 5, 2001 - 18:52 UTC
      • Then we are even - yanniru - December 6, 2001 - 16:13 UTC
        • So So So So So. haso (nt) - jisbond - December 6, 2001 - 16:39 UTC
          • Never knew how to spell Haso (nt) - yanniru - December 7, 2001 - 01:54 UTC
        • Please remember ...... - jisbond - December 6, 2001 - 16:45 UTC
          • It's a quote from the Articles of Faith you referenced - yanniru - December 7, 2001 - 01:56 UTC
            • problem or misunderstanding - jisbond - December 7, 2001 - 05:19 UTC
• Thanks for the link also. Keep up the good work! - jisbond - December 3, 2001 - 17:02 UTC