Saturday, April 4, 2009

Craig - The cosmological argument

The first argument offered is that the universe exists and has come into being. Craig notes that the universe could not have existed an infinite time ago since an infinite past would lead to logical contradictions.

He notes that if the universe came into being, then it could not have come into being from nothing, for out of nothing, nothing comes.

If the universe came into being, it must have come from something that is outside of time and space (since they are part of the universe) and that something must have a mind to determine to create.

8 comments:

  1. I don't mean to be offensive to Hitchens but I doubt he will actually address any of Craig's arguments.

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  2. not sure if Lenny or Randall are reading comments, but if so and if you can comment: is the mood sporting event-like or scholarly debate-like? or something else...?

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  3. I hope it's a formal debate. Those sit around in couches debates let too many issues go unaddressed without people noticing.

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  4. I think Lenny is probably scrambling to get as much put into the blog posts as possible, may not have time to read. I'm here though, but unfortunately not in LA!

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  5. Randall, are you watching it through the live feed?

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  6. thanks Randall... I totally understand. thanks for the info...

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  7. Nope, just the blog like you guys - that probably would have been smart, huh?

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