RE: The Kalam Cosmological Argument
August 2, 2024 at 7:50 pm
(This post was last modified: August 2, 2024 at 7:53 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(August 2, 2024 at 7:38 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(August 2, 2024 at 7:28 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: And what of it. Whether wielded by Christians or Muslims it still has special pleading and non sequitur baked into it. Even a Phi101 student can see the rubbish.
Neither Craig, nor Augustine, nor Anselm, nor the Muslims can connect those two dots. That's not because one religion is right and the other wrong, that's because the argument is based on specious premises.
Well, they're all based on Aristotle's arguments as to why a chain of causation has to end somewhere.
And remember that Aristotle believed the universe was eternal, with no beginning. The cause we're talking about here is not the beginning of a temporal chain.
Can you point out the flaws in Aristotle's argument to me?
Sure -- believing the universe was eternal without any evidence.
Next question?
ETA: I'm not sure who appointed Aristotle the Authority on this stuff. Could you tell me why you think he's right and everyone else in history must accept his pronuciamientos?
Be specific.