Craig's Contradictory "Kalam": Trouble at the Moment of Creation

William Lane Craig's much-discussed kalam cosmological argument for God's existence is intended to provide support for a particular theistic explanation of the origin of the universe. I argue here that Craig's theistic account of the origin of the universe entails two contradictions a...

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Published in:TheoLogica
Main Author: Wielenberg, Erik J. 1972- (Author)
Contributors: Erasmus, Jacob ca. 20./21. Jh. (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain [2021]
In: TheoLogica
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
NBD Doctrine of Creation
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Timeless God
B William Craig
B Cosmological Argument
B Kalām
B agent causation
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Summary:William Lane Craig's much-discussed kalam cosmological argument for God's existence is intended to provide support for a particular theistic explanation of the origin of the universe. I argue here that Craig's theistic account of the origin of the universe entails two contradictions and hence should be rejected. The main contribution of the paper is the identification of some relatively straightforward but previously unrecognized problems in Craig's hypothesis that the beginning of the universe was a temporal effect of a timeless personal cause.
ISSN:2593-0265
Reference:Kritik in "No Trouble (2021)"
Kritik in "Can God Be Timeless Without Creation and Temporal Subsequent to Creation? (2021)"
Contains:Enthalten in: TheoLogica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.14428/thl.v4i3.55133