Proving Gods Existence #1
No Bible Allowed!
Much of this information is taken from the teachings of Dr. William Lane Craig, his book “On Guard”, and website Reasonable Faith.Amazon link: http://cbsa.net/OnGuard
Website: http://www.reasonablefaith.org
The Kalam Cosmological Argument
•( + ) Arguments forthe premise.
•( - ) Arguments againstthe premise.
1. Whatever begins toexist has a cause!
• ( - ) Physics gives examples of things coming from nothing.
• ( - ) Subatomic particles come into being from nothing from a vacuum.
Whatever begins toexist has a cause!
• ( + ) The Maria Argument!
• ( + ) “Nothing comes from nothing, nothing ever could.”
• ( + ) Ball in the woods, expansion.
1. Whatever begins toexist has a cause!
• ( - ) Only true of things in the universe but, not the universe itself.
• ( + ) Taxicab fallacy.
1. Whatever begins toexist has a cause!
• ( - ) OK, What about your God! What caused him?
2. The universe began to exist• 2.1 An actually infinite number
of things can not exist• 2.2 A beginning less series of
past events involves an infinite number of things
• 2.3 Therefore a beginning less of past events can not exist.
2.1 An actually infinite numberof things can not exist
• ( - ) Modern Set Theory.
• ( - ) There are examples, such as dividing a distance into 1/2s infinitely.
2.1 An actually infinite numberof things can not exist
• ( + ) Hilbert's Hotel• ( + ) Objections
normally point to potential infinite not actually infinite.
3. Therefore, the universe has a cause
1. Whatever begins toexist has a cause.
2. The universe began to exist.
3. Therefore the universehas a cause.
The Moral Argument
•1. If God does not exist objective moral values do not exist.
•2. Objective moral values do exist.
•3. Therefore God does exist.
