Kalam
cosmological Argument

Introduction

The Kalam cosmological argument is an argument from the existence of the universe pointing to the existence of God. The existence of the universe, such arguments claim, stands in need of explanation. The only adequate explanation, the arguments suggest, is that it was created by God. What distinguishes the Kalam cosmological argument is that it rests on the idea that the universe has a beginning in time. According to this argument, it is precisely because the universe is thought to have a beginning in time that its existence is thought to stand in need of an explanation.

(1) Everything that has a beginning of its existence has a cause of its existence. 

(2) The universe has a beginning of its existence. 

(3) The universe has a cause of its existence. (If the universe has a cause of its existence then that cause is God and therefore God exists).

Introductory Videos

Essential Books

A great introductory book on apologetics and recommended for beginners. This book introduces you to the philosophical and scientific evidence for the Kalam Cosmological argument, how to state and defend it. This book also comes with a study guide.

Level: Beginner

If you have read On Guard, then this is the level up and may feel quite a leap in terms of depth. Here you will get a fuller, more in depth case and defense of the arguments you learnt about in On Guard. This book also comes with a study guide

Level: Intermediate

This is a level up from the Reasonable Faith book and is very much aimed at scholars and serious students of natural theology. If you want to get into the serious arguments for defending Christianity, this is the place to look, but be prepared for a complex read, even if you’re quite comfortable on the Kalam material so far.

Level: Advanced 

Video Lessons

Taken from Defenders, William Lane Craig's class on the Kalam in six lessons.

Key talks

Here, Dr. Doug Geivett teaches on the Kalam Cosmological Argument for God’s existence. His presentation is followed by a period of Q&A from the audience.

Questions & responses to the Kalam

If Subatomic Particles Come Into Being Uncaused, Why Not The Universe?

Do Virtual Particles Prove Something Can Come from Nothing? (William Lane Craig)

It Is Not “Special Pleading” to Say God Is Without A Cause

Things That Come Into Being Have A Cause

Does God Solve the Absurdity of Something Coming from Nothing?

Does the Cosmological Argument Beg the Question?

What Caused God?

Doesn’t Quantum physics prove something came from nothing?

It’s Crazy to Believe Something can Come from Nothing Uncaused!

Defending the First Premise of the Kalam Cosmological Argument (William Lane Craig)

The Absurdity of Denying the First Premise of the Kalam Cosmological Argument | Peter Kreeft

The Absurdity of Denying the First Premise of the Kalam Cosmological Argument | William Lane Craig

The Law of Causality and the Cosmological Argument (RC Sproul)

Does Quantum Physics Prove Uncaused Events Could Happen?

The Pseudo-Science of Richard Dawkins

The Atheist War Against Logic and Philosophy

Does Causality Only Apply to Everything In the Universe But Not Of the Universe?

Uniformity of Nature (Christianity vs Atheism) (Jason Lisle, PhD)

Quantum Physics Proves Something Can Come From Nothing? – William Lane Craig, PhD

Kai Nielsen on Nothing Doing Something

Jonathan Edwards on Causality (Joe Rigney)

Science is Impossible without Causality | Frank Turek, PhD

Can Nothing Do Something? – William Lane Craig, PhD

Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Nature?

The Law of Causality and Miracles – John Lennox, PhD

Why Nothing Can’t Do Anything – It’s Nothing, Stupid! (Kalam Cosmological Argument)

Fallacy of Composition and Kalam Cosmological Argument | William Lane Craig, PhD

Why Think Whatever Begins to Exist Has a Cause?

Is the Causal Principle Incompatible with the Kalam Cosmological Argument?

Does Quantum Physics Provide an Exception to Premise 1 of the Kalam Cosmological Argument?

Attacking Causality is Self-Refuting – R. C. Sproul, PhD

Is It Possible for an Infinite Number of Past Events to Exist?

Did the Universe “Pop” Into Existence?

What is the Best Evidence that God Created the Universe?

Can We Say the Universe Began to Exist?

Does the Multiverse Avoid a Cosmic Beginning?

Does the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics Point to a Cosmic Beginning?

Has the Big Bang Been Scientifically Proven?

Two Ways Something Can Be Without a Beginning or End

If Subatomic Particles Come Into Being Uncaused, Why Not The Universe?

Is Genesis 1:1 the Creation of Earth or the Universe?

Can We Say the Universe Began to Exist?

How Does Increasing Entropy Relate to the Cosmological Argument and the Multiverse?

Does Dr. Craig Misrepresent The BGV Theorem? = No

The Kalam Cosmological Argument vs The Multiverse

Is the Universe Infinite?

Borde Guth Vilenkin Theorem: Scientific Evidence for the Beginning of the Universe

Is the Big Bang Finely-Tuned? (Theist vs Atheist) (Phil Fernandes vs Dan Barker)

Evidence for the Big Bang (Robert Newman)

The Beginning of the Universe (Scientific Evidence) (Michael Strauss)

First Law of Thermodynamics vs Kalam Cosmological Argument

There is No Evidence for a Multiverse (Theist vs Atheist) (Dinesh D’Souza vs Dan Barker)

The Big Bang and the Beginning of the Universe – Frank Turek, PhD

Big Bang Cosmology and the Existence of God (Peter Kreeft)

Biblical Cosmology (Hugh Ross, PhD)

Radiation Afterglow – Evidence for the Beginning of the Universe

Second Law of Thermodynamics – The Beginning of the Universe

Expansion of the Universe – Evidence for Universe’s Beginning

The Cyclic Ekpyrotic Universe Fails

Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity – The Universe’s Beginning

The Bouncing Universe Fails

Robert Jastrow Describes the Big Bang

Problems of the Quantum Vacuum Fluctuation Model (Stephen M. Barr, PhD)

Robert Jastrow on God and the Big Bang

Stephen Hawking on the Big Bang and the Beginning of the Universe and Time

The Borde Guth Vilenkin Theorem – Alexander Vilenkin, PhD

It’s Impossible to Cross Infinity (JP Moreland, PhD)

The Steady State Theory Fails – William Lane Craig, PhD

Big Bang and Space-Time Model – William Lane Craig, PhD

The Oscillating Universe Theory Fails – William Lane Craig, PhD

Quantum Gravity Theory has Problems – William Lane Craig, PhD

Quantum Vacuum Fluctuation Model has Problems – William Lane Craig, PhD

Chaotic Inflationary Theory Fails – William Lane Craig, PhD

Can You Traverse an Actual Infinite Number of Things? William Lane Craig, PhD

String Theory, M-Theory and Cyclic Ekpyrotic Theory – William Lane Craig, PhD

The Multiverse – John Warwick Montgomery, PhD

Did Matter Exist Before the Singularity? WL Craig Responds to Christopher Hitchens

Modern Science and the Kalam Cosmological Argument – William Lane Craig, PhD

Cosmic Background Radiation – Hugh Ross, PhD

Is the Singularity An Actually Infinite? – William Lane Craig, PhD

Sequential Infinity in the Trinity? – William Lane Craig, PhD

The Bible and the Big Bang – Jeff Zweerink, PhD

Is A-Theory of Time Incompatible with the Kalam Cosmological Argument? – William Lane Craig, PhD

The Borde Guth Vilenkin Theorem and the Cosmological Argument

Atheists Take Alexander Vilenkin Out of Context

Alexander Vilenkin Says William Lane Craig is Right About BGV Theorem

Does the Universe Have an Explanation? – William Lane Craig, PhD

Richard Dawkins: Literally Nothing is Something? (amusement)

The Universe Began to Exist – Stephen C. Meyer, PhD

The Universe is Just Necessary? – William Lane Craig, PhD

Defending the BGV Theorem

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