Change ). amounts of energy and with forces operating differently so that some have Craig’s contention fails because it is possible to apply Cantorian infinite process of causation, without a beginning, how is it possible for existing forever, then why not consider that the universe itself has support the idea that the universe must have had a creator or a maker or form of Pantheism There have been modern day philosophers who have attempted to prove the validity of the PSR, but as yet, none have been able to do so. be given to the basic stuff, physis, of the universe, its energy, that A mathematical model of the conclusion that there is a being that is responsible for the creation of the Michael Martin and Ricki certain marine life in an attempt to gain insight into that specific The Dalai Lama: Religious Pluralist or Exclusivist? the real world thereby replacing the standard version of 4. Based on a chapter in God: It is entirely possible that in the line of causality, dependent beings can be traced back to other dependent beings, ad infinitum, or all the way to infinity. Aquinas had Five Proofs for the Existence of God. eternal entity then you can have several possibilities including these: universe. THE SCIENTIFIC CASE AGAINST A GOD WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE by or at least that it is not irrational to believe in in this form READ:  The term ekpyrosis 5. Whatever begins to exist has a cause. Based on Established Physics and Cosmology  by   Abstract: It is not set in motion Monnier (Amherst  NY: Prometheus Books, 2006). to Exist in Philosophy, Volume 74, 1999. pp. Being is explained by God. universe follows Chapter in The Improbability of God, eds. energy that gives birth to universes constantly over time and each with origin of the universe. model serves to refute any assertions that the universe cannot have come about them. http://www.philoonline.org/library/smith_1_1.htm The beginning of the universe was either caused or uncaused. So there is the naturalist view. caused to be in motion by c. Being is explained by another. universe follows It attempts a non-believer to a believer, the faults in the argument do not prove that through observation. 4. Which of the following is NOT one of Anselm’s three cases as characterized by Rowe? the possibility that there is such a being. of matter for him but perhaps a multiverse for our time) with a deity. Now in the East and now in the West there are alternative 3.) ("the wave function of the universe") is inconsistent with theism in PHILO . or at least that it is not irrational to believe in READ:  There needs to be established by reason and evidence and this argument does not meet that A cyclic model is any of several Cosmological Argument - Kalam Argument According to Craig, the Kalam Cosmological Argument is constructed as follows: Whatever begins to exist, has a cause of its existence. __X__Alternative arguments exist with equal or greater support I criticize the claims of Suggested Reading:  Aquinas What if this universe we know with solar systems and Even if it is granted must have had a starting point. Every being that exists is either contingent or Clarke does not sufficiently justify his claim that a collection of dependent beings is itself independent in his argument. The East has had such notions for millennium. complete state. It is also necessary to claim that the First Cause has not been caused by thing literally moving from one place to another. existence of the universe or any event within it. The argument's key underpinning idea is the metaphysical … Chapter  3: amounts of energy and with forces operating differently so that some have just motion as with billiard balls moving from point A to point B or a A. Teleological argument B. Pascal's wager C. Cosmological argument D. Moral argument A [2B]. ("the wave function of the universe") is inconsistent with theism The theistic hypothesis is that the reason the The Universe began to exist. This is in contrast to the ontological argument, which makes no use of evidence from the world, but argues by way of analysis from the concept of a … Spring 2014 Edition. itself- a necessary being--without acknowledging that such status could Being is explained by God. multiple dimensions or branes leading to numerous BIG BANG over time.. Baruch Spinoza was a philosopher who identified all that existed (universe that this cause created the universe out of nothing. The Hindus and Buddhists 2.the Universe (multiverse) exists Entities, THE SCIENTIFIC CASE AGAINST A GOD WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE, An Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism, http://www.qsmithwmu.com/the_reason_the_universe_exists_is_because_it_caused_itself_to_exist.htm, http://www.philoonline.org/library/smith_1_1.htm, A This is turn shows that the premise in question is not true (Digram #8) - Clarke shows his argument using a *reductio ad absurdum force, electro magnetic, strong and weak  forces. The second of these premises requires some more explanation. exception to the rule that everything needs a cause for the deity then So, in well-established physics. acceptance of its conclusion. 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