Cosmological Argument

Philosophy and the Cosmological Argument for God’s Existence

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In my last post, I discussed how the findings of modern science support the idea that the universe began to exist, and how this provides support for the Kalam Cosmological Argument for God’s existence: Now, science cannot prove absolutely that the universe began to exist. But even if we set aside scientific evidence that the … Read more

Science and the Cosmological Argument for God’s Existence

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One common argument for the existence of God, developed by Medieval Muslim philosophers, is known as the Kalam Cosmological Argument. In its basic form, it runs as follows: The only way to avoid this argument’s conclusion is to claim that the universe is eternal, and so never began to exist. Indeed, many atheists have claimed … Read more