Value Of The Cosmological Argument For Religious Faith Flashcards
Yes - Shows faith to be reasonable
The cosmological argument is a reasonable hypothesis for the existence of the universe, all other theories concerning the origins of the universe have no more probability than the cosomological argument.
Yes - The evidence for the cosmological argument is easily understood by religious believers.
We can all observe contingency in the universe by looking at the world around us. The cosmological argument contains some difficult language but the overall concepts are simple so can be understood by any believer.
No - many believers have rejected the cosmological argument
Kant - rejected the ontological argument on which he argued the cosmological argument relies on for the idea of God as a necessary being so if he argues that the ontological argument failed then he would argue that the cosmetological argument would fail as well.
Barth - rejected any attempts to prove God existence he believes that God can only be known through Jesus Christ as revealed in scripture.
No - is the God of the cosmological argument the God of the Christian faith?
Aquinas argument points towards a necessarily existing being, but such a being seems to be the God of philosophy rather than the personal and moral God understood by the Christian faith.
