It's a powerpoint presentation from the late Dr. Victor Stenger, but even though most of it is over my head, it does, IMHO, an excellent job of giving an overview of cosmology and answers the "God must have done it" crowd led by William Lane Craig:
http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vsten...Origin.pdf
You need to scroll through it in semi-rapid succession, kind of like you are in a lecture hall presenting the material to an audience.
In short, WLC's arguments are, first and foremost, simplistic; for Craig, the Kalam argument is simply a "means to an end," that is, converting those who maybe are "on the fence" over to evangelical Christianity, along with helping those who are "in the fold" from leaving it; hence, Craig can distort the truth and misrepresent the views of scholars with minimal blow-back from "the flock". His supporters are not very studious anyway and are not into fact-checking Craig's claims and/or statements.
http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vsten...Origin.pdf
You need to scroll through it in semi-rapid succession, kind of like you are in a lecture hall presenting the material to an audience.
In short, WLC's arguments are, first and foremost, simplistic; for Craig, the Kalam argument is simply a "means to an end," that is, converting those who maybe are "on the fence" over to evangelical Christianity, along with helping those who are "in the fold" from leaving it; hence, Craig can distort the truth and misrepresent the views of scholars with minimal blow-back from "the flock". His supporters are not very studious anyway and are not into fact-checking Craig's claims and/or statements.
