Welcome to Eth, a small planet circling a medium sized star on the far side of this galaxy. It's standing room only in Eth's Great Chamber as the debate of the age is about to take place. Eth's greatest intellectuals are trying finally to settle whether or not God exists.

 Garglefroth Blart, Professor Emeritus of Divinity at Eth's most prestigious university, is involved in vigorous debate with his opponent, Bogubus Donk, the Arch Logos Inquisitor. The audience comprises Eth's finest thinkers.

BLART: I'm here to explain why I, and so many other Ethians, believe that God exists.

DONK: What do you mean by 'God', exactly?

BLART: I'm referring, of course, to a being that is all-powerful.

DONK: Ah yes. God, if he exists, is omnipotent. He can do anything.  But why suppose such a being exists?

BLART: This universe might not have existed. Why does it exist? Why is there something rather than nothing?

DONK: Well, scientists tell us the universe began with a Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago. The Big Bang explains that

BLART: But that merely postpones the problem, doesn't it? For why was there a Big Bang? The universe has a cause - the Big Bang. But the Big Bang must in turn have a cause, an explanation. That explanation is God. But God, being a necessary being, does not require cause. So you see: God neatly explains why the universe exists. How do you atheists explain it?

There are ripples of approval from the theists in the audience.

DONK: Well, I'm not sure....

BLART: So you can't explain it. But we theists can. That God exists is the best explanation available for why the universe exists. So there's one good reason to believe. And there are others!

DONK: Such as?