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The kalam cosmological argument is different from traditional versions of the cosmological argument. The kalam calls for a first cause to actual time itself. It retains the traditional feel because it is still the First Cause necessary to endure existence of the world, but in conjunction with the position that it is the cause of the beginning of the physical space-time universe as well. | The kalam cosmological argument is different from traditional versions of the cosmological argument. The kalam calls for a first cause to actual time itself. It retains the traditional feel because it is still the First Cause necessary to endure existence of the world, but in conjunction with the position that it is the cause of the beginning of the physical space-time universe as well. | ||
William Lane Craig is the current most prominent defender of the kalam cosmological argument. The | William Lane Craig is the current most prominent defender of the kalam cosmological argument. The crucial premise is premise 2, as it infers that there was a beginning to the universe. The conclusion is that the cause of the beginning of the universe points logically to [[theism]] rather than [[atheism]]. Kalam is essentially that; | ||
# Whatever begins to exist has a cause. (Premise 1) | # Whatever begins to exist has a cause. (Premise 1) | ||
# The universe began to exist. (Premise 2) | # The universe began to exist. (Premise 2) | ||
