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There's also a problem with the entire series being finite. If everything in the series is finite, we still need (?want) a reason for the existence of the series. But God, if he exists, exists necessarily. So we don't need a reason for his existence -- he exists because he has to (cf. Peter Van Inwagen's article "Why is there something rather than nothing?")
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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