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#14 — William Lane Craig | The Kalam Cosmological Argument

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The Cosmological Argument for the Universe's Existence

If the only thing that ever really began to exist was the universe, then as you say that the first premise, although it doesn't become the conclusion. So when we say everything that begins to exist has a cause, the only example we can think of is the universe. And so by saying thefirst premise, you're essentially believing that because you believe the universe has a cause. No, no, no,No, I think that's a mistake, Alex. Quite right. That statement of the argument would be fully in line with the neurological nihilism. If the universe began to exist, then the universe had a cause. Or if the fundamental particles began to exist,. then they have

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