According to what law must the universe exist?

Farshad: According to what law must the universe exist?
In physics we observe the phenomena and try to find out the governing laws (or rules, whatever) behind them. Now, is there a rule explaining the existence of our physical world (especially in this particular form of it if you do not believe in parallel universes)?
Consider the following answers:
1.If you say ‘Yes, there exists the law X from which you can deduce that the universe must exist’, then you have assumed the existence of this law before concluding the universe’s existence. Then where (in what universe) does that law exist when nothing (no world) still exists? Haven’t you assumed the conclusion before concluding it?
2.If you say ‘No, there is no such a law’, then what the hell is the whole physics based on? Can we believe that there are governing laws explaining every (at least most, regarding the common-though controversial-philosophical interpretation of quantum mechanics) phenomena we observe, but there is no rule explaining the biggest phenomenon ever observed?!
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3.If you say ‘OK, there are laws governing the universe, but its existence is an exception’, then isn’t it an ad hoc escape from the conflict? Is it more useful than saying ‘It is as it is’? If it is this much easy for you to accept such an existence without any logical justification, isn’t it the same much easy to accept God’s existence and say ‘existence belongs to God and is not ruled. The existence of the universe and its apparent rules is a result of His existence’?
4.It remains for you to deny any existence of any kind if you do not wish to face the consequences of accepting any of the previous answers. In contrast with Descartes’ famous endeavor to prove his existence, I cannot assure you of your existence. But have you ever considered calling yourself a bird while you see you are a human? At least you have denied a much larger thing that you see: your existence!
Finally, if it is so difficult to avoid accepting the answer 3, isn’t it the same difficult to avoid accepting the existence of God?
So what do you say?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Joseph G
I say this with love.

If you go outside and feel rain drops hitting your head, you’re going to get wet.

Whether or not there is a rule that governs it won’t change a thing.

Joe

Answer by Z H
you are looking for some cause. This is a convoluted attempt to say what caused the universe. My answer is this there is a finite probability that it will exist and thats all thats needed. just as the so called vacuum of space gives birth to electron/positron pairs that are born and collide again.

Answer by renegadephilosopher
in speculating the orgins of the universe its hard to avoid the anthropic principle. the fallacious principle goes like this. The fallacious princible goes like this. Let us observe O(our expirence of the universe) and consider two explanations. Given explanation A(the universe created itself), the probability of O is very low, but given explanation B(god created the universe or we exist in one of an infinite number of alternate universes), the probability is high. It tempting to deduce from this that the probability is much higher for B than A, but there is no principle of logic or probability that allows this.

the best we have right now is that we exist in a universe where we are possible.

and if you feel like having your mind blown read into quantum mechanics, specifically the double slit expirement.

Answer by Love is sweet
There are certain never changing laws which operate in the universe and which have a source outside of the material world as otherwise they would not be sustained the way they are and not so powerfully caused the development of the universe and physical life.
There are certain laws in this universe, which are just there and for me the source of these laws are for sure GOD.
So here in short.
* Development
* The Cycle of Life
* Give and Take
* Sowing and Reaping
* Attraction of Like to Like (The attraction of homogeneous species)
* Love

I explain what i mean a bit with the following.
The Law of Development

That Creation was able to exist at all, there had to be first an ACTION, the Act of Creation.

In this first “Act of Creation” was already programmed all lawfulness, which was intrinsic for the further development of the earth and the universe. ALSO the law that for every ACTION there MUST follow a REACTION. Without this law the whole “Act of Creation” would have been for nought.
WITH this “Act of Creation”, it was already determined how the world should and would function in the future. The PATH from this first Action to the consequent Reaction was the first developmental step in this Creation.

This can best be imagined with the example of a computer software programmer. The programmer decides before he starts with his programming, what his program should be able to do. Only then will he start to program. The USER of this software program does not have to create this program, but he just has to be able to use it.

The Laws of “Give and Take”, of “Action and Reaction” or “Cause and Effect” as well as the Law of “Sowing and Reaping” are as such all the same.

And the law of love is also integrated into everything what happens in this universe and in ourselves, as help is always in abundance around us. Even in the case of sickness, the body wants to warn us to get back into balance.
All these laws apply actually just the same to our spiritual life, but these is too vast a theme to explain here.

Answer by Woodman
Yeah, exactly. Just what everyone else said. Besides what law states that there must be a law. You exist, enjoy, don’t sweat the small stuff.