: Wouldn't quantum effects in the primordial universe negate this argument? I
: mean, we don't have an explanation for the inflaton field yet, but we seem
: to be getting closer and closer. Sure, it's not relevant at all to the
: discussion of sentience, but I sure do enjoy pointing out possible
: weaknesses in analogies. :)
That is the other flaw in that argument: even if you prove that SOMETHING was some random non-causal initiation event that started the whole universe, that says nothing of if it was even sentient, much less omnipowerful, omnibenevolent, omniscient... or for that matter, still around, even if it was all or some of the three "omnis" usually associated with God.