cosmoloigcal arugment - ulternatives

Question 1

what is kalam cosmological arugment

Answer 1

kalam = argue in arabic

impossibility of the universe being infinite

Question 2

william craig’s 1993 take on kalam

Answer 2

1) everything has a cause to existence
2) universe began to exist
3) therefore universe has a cause to existence
4) no science can uncover it so we turn to God

Question 3

craig second point

Answer 3

1) an actual infinite cannot exist
2) a beginingless temporal serious of events is an actual infinite
3) therefore it cannot exist

Question 4

craig libary example

Answer 4

a libary contains an infinte number of red and black books so for every red book there is a black book
the total number of books is infinite
however this doesnt make sense because if the black books are removed there are still an infinite number of books
infinity cannot mathematically exist