The Kalam Cosmological Argument
Where did everything come from? Has the universe always been here? Is there a creator of the cosmos or is the cosmos all that exists? Far from being the inquiries of philosophers and scientists only, these are common worldview questions shared by all mankind. In the search for answers, a variety of cosmological arguments have been offered to explain why there is something, rather than nothing. The Kalam Cosmological Argument is one such argument, and its conclusion may change your life forever.
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Books:
Aristotle, “Metaphysics”
Dr. William Lane Craig, “Reasonable Faith (Third Edition)”
Bishop, Funck, Lewis, Mosher, Walton, “Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins”
John Barrow and Frank Tipler, “The Anthropic Cosmological Principle”
Alexander Vilenkin, “Many Worlds in One (New York: Hill and Wang, 2006)”
Robert Jastrow, “God and the Astronomers”
Study Questions (For Classes or Small Groups):
1. Can something come from nothing? Why or why not?
2. What philosophical evidence gives us reason to believe the universe had a beginning?
3. What scientific evidence gives us reason to believe the universe had a beginning?
4. Why would the cause of the universe be more like a mind than anything else?
5. What possible objections might someone raise against the Kalam Cosmological argument and what are possible answers you could provide to answer these objections?
6. How might this argument come up in a regular conversation?