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The Kalam Argument

Exhaustive Dilemmas:

1.The universe either had a beginning or no beginning.
2.If it had a beginning, the beginning was either caused or uncaused.
3.If it was caused, the cause was either personal or impersonal.

Argument Outline:

1.The Universe Had a Beginning.
a.Big Bang Theory
i.Red Shift
ii. Uniform Background Radiation
b. The Impossibility of Crossing Infinity

2.The Beginning of the Universe was Caused.
a.Whatever Comes into Existence Has a Cause
i.Empirical Principle
ii.Metaphysical Principle

3.The Cause of the Universe was Personal.
a.Event vs. Agent Causation
b.Efficient Causes vs. Final Causes

Sources:

1.Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology by J.P. Moreland and William Lane Craig
2.Scaling the Secular City by J.P. Moreland
3.Philosophical foundations for a Christian Worldview by J.P. Moreland and William Lane Craig
4.The Anthropic Cosmological Principle by John D. Barrow and Frank J. Tipler
6.http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5321
7.http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/quentin_smith/cosmology.html