Does God Exists? By Christopher Kaczor: 1. The Kalam Cosmological Argument

It is reasonable to believe that God exists?

In the first lecture of nine, we examine the Kalam cosmological argument which can be simply summarized. The major premise is “Everything which begins to exist has a cause.” The minor premise is, “The universe (all time, all space, and all matter) began to exist”. It follows logically from both of these premises that, “The universe has a cause.” The cause of the universe is prior to all time, so this cause must be timeless or eternal. The cause of the universe is prior to all space, so this cause must not be beyond the space-time continuum. The cause of the universe is prior to all matter, so this cause is immaterial or spiritual. Finally, the cause of the universe is immensely powerful given that this cause brings about all time, all space, and all matter. The word in English that many people would use to describe an immensely powerful, eternal, immaterial, cause of the universe beyond the space-time continuum is God. We also discuss why Thomas Aquinas rejected the Kalam cosmological argument.

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