Cosmological Arguments

Question 1

What are cosmological arguments about?

Answer 1

Cosmological start their observation that everything depends on something else for its existence. They then apply this to the universe itself. The argument is that the universe depends on something else to exist — God

Question 2

What is infinite regress?

Answer 2

It is the idea that if the universe had no beginning, then there would be an infinite chain of past events — which many argue is impossible.

Question 3

What is Kalam’s cosmological argument?

Answer 3

P1. The universe is composed out of temporal phenomena — things that are ordered in time
P2. The infinite regress of temporal phenomena is impossible
C1. Therefore, universe must have a beginning
P3. Everything that begins to exist has a cause
C2. Therefore, the universe has a cause — God

More simply

P1. Everything that begins to exist has a cause.
P2. The universe began to exist.
C1. Therefore, the universe has a cause — God