The Sap Ran Out In Eternity Past?!
19 April 2010 
The gospel according to Marquis de Sade:
“The universe runs itself, and the eternal laws inherent in Nature suffice, without any first cause or prime mover.”
If the universe were a tree, then how did it come to be (“eternal” law of cause and effect). I am but a branch that branched off of the branch of my parents. My parents were caused to exist by their parents and so the regression begins to climb down the branches of the family tree. Presumably, this tree includes the ancestors that caused humans to exist and so we find Darwin climbing down to the trunk of the tree.
Climbing down the branches to the trunk suggests some sort of beginning?
The existence of the tree can only be explained by the seed that started it all. But the seed also requires explanation. What caused the seed to be? To say that the seed came from another tree would be to suggest multiple universes which is quite fascinating and without substantive evidence. Literally. With that said, this universe would have a first cause and a prime mover. The seed. Therefore this line of reasoning doesn’t apply to the claims of Mr. Marquis.
Climbing up the branches to the canopy implicates some sort of beginning?
In climbing upwards and towards the outer branches, there is a realization to the limits that are present. Limits that don’t reflect an eternal tree that has always been. Each branch takes sap from the branch that it branched off of and in that process some sap is lost (“eternal” second law of thermodynamics). Certain conclusions can be made about the trunk of the tree without having to climb back down. IF energy is sapped out in the branching out and IF the tree started its growing in eternity past, THEN the tree would have run out of sap before arriving at the branches that we find ourselves perched on.
A limited supply of sap being used up in the smallest portions with run out before eternity does. Another “eternal” law points to some sort of a beginning.
The universe would be sapped out.
