“Conceptual analysis of what it is to be a cause of the universe enables us to recover a number of striking properties which this ultramundane cause must possess and which are of theological significance.” – William Lane Craig

In part 1 on the Kalam, I discussed the scientific evidence in support of premise 2 with James Sinclair. Today’s show will begin with a quick look at the philosophical arguments for premise 2, and then will focus on how Christians arrive at God based on the Kalam Cosmological argument. Here’s the argument:

1. Everything that begins to exist has a cause.
2. The universe began to exist.
3. Therefore, the universe has a cause.
4. If the universe has a cause, then an uncaused, personal Creator of the universe exists, who sans the universe is beginningless, changeless, immaterial, timeless, spaceless, and enormously powerful.

From (3) and (4), it follows that:

5. Therefore, an uncaused, personal Creator of the universe exists, who sans the universe is beginningless, changeless, immaterial, timeless, spaceless, and enormously powerful.

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  • 0:00 Intro
  • 4:09 Upcoming shows
  • 7:15 The argument from the impossibility of an actual infinite
  • 15:26 The impossibility of the formation of an actual infinite by successive addition
  • 21:21 Whatever begins to exist has a cause
  • 30:25 Live Question: What did God do before he did the first thing?
  • 31:19 Live Question: Infinite regress is something you have been through.
  • 33:00 Live Question: Must all things have a cause?
  • 34:15 The theological implications of the Kalam Cosmological argument
  • 47:18 Live Question: There’s no logical reason why you can’t have an infinite regress
  • 49:51 Caller: Abstract objects, a personal God, God and time, defining supernatural, and if we can choose our thoughts
  • 1:18:05 Caller: Is an infinite regress possible?

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