Kalam Cosmological Argument - Part 4 - William Lane Craig
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Channel: drcraigvideos · 2011 · Education
COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT by William Lane Craig 1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause. 2. The universe began to exist. 2.1 First Philosophical Argument 2.11 An actually infinite number of things cannot exist. 2.12 A beginningless series of past events involves an actually infinite number of things. 2.13 Therefore, a beginningless series of past events cannot exist. 2.2 Second Philosophical Argument 2.11 An actually infinite collection of things cannot be formed by successive addition. 2.12 The series of past events is a collection of things formed by successive addition. 2.13 Therefore, The series of past events cannot be actually infinite. 2.3 First Scientific Confirmation 2.4 Second Scientific Confirmation 3. Therefore, the universe has a cause. 4. If the universe has a cause, it is uncaused, beginningless, changeless, immaterial, timeless, spaceless, unimaginably powerful, and personal. 4.1 The cause is uncaused. 4.2 The cause is beginningless. 4.3 The cause is changeless. 4.4 The cause is immaterial. 4.5 The cause is timeless. 4.6 The cause is spaceless. 4.7 The cause is unimaginably powerful 4.8 The cause is personal. 5. Therefore, a personal Creator of the universe exists, who is uncaused, beginningless, changeless, immaterial, timeless, spaceless, and unimaginably powerful. Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=54765A57944CEDDB Defending the Cosmological Argument (quick clips to rebuttals to typical refutations of KCA): http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=916E17EE70E98A68 Link of Dr. Craig's videos: http://drcraigvideos.blogspot.com We welcome your comments in the Reasonable Faith forums: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/forums/ Follow Reasonable Faith On Twitter: http://twitter.com/rfupdates Add Reasonable Faith On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/reasonablefaithorg
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