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OK, I know its a double post and I'm sorry for that (please don't hurt me), but seeing as no-one is saying anything...
I'm going to put forth the problem of the First Cause. This is the theory that before the universe, was nothing, and then something happened and there was something. The problem is that there was nothing to cause this cause, and even if there was, it would mean that the cause of the cause that caused the First Cause, had no cause. Therefore, this either means that:
1) Time is infinate in both directions (future and past)
Or 2) There is one omnipotent force (not in the universe, it's greater than that), which has always been there, even before things existed, which caused the First Cause, which never happened because the causer of the First Cause didn't exist, because it was outside of the Universe, which didn't exist, meaning it does not exist, and therefore nothing exists.
So, I just proved (accidentally), that either things have always existed, or they never will.
Phew.
[Edited on 1/2/2005 2:03:27 PM]