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If you had a 4.0 GPA and took those classes, this is something that should easily ring a bell. Especially in physics. We're essentially having a debate about how the universe started or didn't start. You claim a specific god did it, cite scientific papers, and claim to know physics. But when I ask you a very simple question regarding something you claim you are good at, you can't even remember what a vector was (or represented as you put it)? Come on.
Because that is not the nature of philosophical arguments.
Do you see the word "chance" or "probably" in there anywhere?
You are a priori ruling out an immaterial cause for the beginning of the universe.
Wow. Are you serious? They are exactly the people we would consult about the nature of reality!!!
...like scientific readings of the red-shift and the background radiation...
It's amazing that some people think that they can satisfactorily answer one of the most fundamental questions in cosmology, all without so much as touching a physics textbook.
Since logic and science seems to support that time had a beginning, then that would mean that God existed
Most of the time I do not copy and paste.
The Kalam Cosmological ArgumentHave you been reading this thread where I show that many of those scientific books support the KCA's premises?
Or why one would a priori rule out the possibility of any natural explanation.I'd think that it is more important to know why one should rule in the possibility of an immaterial cause for the beginning of the universe.
eudaimonia,
Mark
I've been a subscriber to Martymer's channel for a while now. He produces very good content.I linked that earlier in the thread; I don't think anyone actually watched it. Martymer81 is awesome. Follow-up:
I do admire his patience in creating these videos, especially his response videos to Jordan. If I were in his position, I would simply dismiss Jordan's channel outright. But Martymer patiently goes through Jordan's reasoning and takes it apart to show why his conclusions are unfounded. As a bonus, he does so entertainingly."Let's watch Jordan take the 30-second stupid test."
What do you mean, "possibly"? What is your criteria for selecting a philosopher?Possibly.
Where did I do that?Thanks for agreeing with me
For myself, it would be philosophers working with scientists that I would consult with in my exploration of reality.in that it would be philosophers who we would consult in order to consider the nature of reality.
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The Kalam Cosmological Argument
(1) Everything that has a beginning of its existence has a cause of its existence.
(2) The universe has a beginning of its existence.
Therefore:
(3) The universe has a cause of its existence.
(4) If the universe has a cause of its existence then that cause is God.