cosmological argument

Does Big Bang Theory Prove the Universe Began From Nothing?

February 26, 2010

Well, I have been dealing with a few theists that believe that the big bang proves that the universe had a beginning.  I’m tired of retyping this, so I figured I would make a nice handy blog post that I can turn these people to. The Big Bang How far we’ve come since the big [...]

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Gods that exist outside the universe don’t exist.

February 4, 2010

I have been comfortable in the past allowing theists to propose that their deity is outside of the universe.  I allowed it because I thought I knew what the meaning of that word meant.  I was mistaken. What is the universe? The word universe actually encompasses all that exists, has existed, or will exist.  That [...]

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Dr. William Lane Craig disproves the cosmological argument.

December 13, 2009

One of the most common things people that believe in God argue is that if there is no God, that means the universe came from nothing.  This seems rather reasonable doesn’t it?  No, and this is why. We have two ideas, one where stuff just popped into existence, and another where an eternally existing, all [...]

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The Cosmological Argument Refuted

December 6, 2009

The cosmological argument is the first argument we are going to address in our series on arguments for the existence of God.  This is one of the more difficult arguments to deal with since it makes some amount of sense considering what it says. The Argument There are a few different forms of this argument, [...]

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Arguments for the existence of God

December 6, 2009

Many of us that debate with theists realize that there are a limited number of arguments for God’s existence.  I am going to give an overview of each of the main ones here, and cover them in depth in the next few posts. Cosmological Argument This argument is essentially that the universe needs a first [...]

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