RE: William Lane Craig continues to desperately defend the indefensible.
February 11, 2015 at 4:58 pm
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2015 at 5:00 pm by Pizza.)
(February 11, 2015 at 4:46 pm)robvalue Wrote: The Kalam is one of the worst arguments on record.The only charitable way to interpret it is as a first step in a bigger chain of argument.
Doesn't even indicate a sentient being.
Even if it did, doesn't indicate a god.
Even if it did, doesn't indicate any particular god.
Also, its premises are bullshit.
So all in all, 0/10.
Part one being to prove the existence of a first/final cause (sometimes defined as an explanation) then part two is to prove the first/final cause is identical to a God. Part three would be to prove that God is identical to the Christian God. This is all one tall order and hard to pull off.
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