The Kalam Evaluation (also use cosmo eval for kalam)

Question 1

Hume believed in _, and asked why we must conclude the universe had a beginning. How can anything that exists from eternity have a cause since that relation implies a priority in time and in a beginning of existence? Even if the universe did begin, it doesn’t necessarily mean that anything caused it to.

Answer 1

infinite regress

Question 2

Hume believes all our knowledge comes a posteriori, and that humans make the mistake of seeing a connection between _, when they are just 2 separate events occurring at the same time. We cannot say the effect of the universe being created must mean there was a cause.

Answer 2

cause and effect

Question 3

“If fire warms and water refreshes it is because it causes us too much _ to think otherwise” - Hume

Answer 3

Pain

Question 4

We have no direct experience of _ universes and therefore we should not speak of it.

Answer 4

creating

Question 5

Even if there was a first cause of the universe, there is no proof that it is the _, the first cause could be anything and even Craig’s Kalam states that it shows “some” of the classical attributes

Answer 5

God of classical theism