Kalam Argument Flashcards
1
Q
Who developed the kalam argument?
A
Al Ghazali and Al kindi
2
Q
What is the kalam argument
A
The Islamic form of the cosmological argument
3
Q
what did they argue?
A
The universe has a beginning and therefore an end
4
Q
what did their ideas lead to?
A
the formation of the classical CA put forward by Aquinas in the 12th century
5
Q
1
A
Everthing that comes into being must have a cause
6
Q
2
A
the universe came into being
7
Q
3
A
the universe must have a cause
8
Q
4
A
the cause exists without having been cause by something else
9
Q
5
A
the cause is a non-physical one
10
Q
6
A
God is the cause
