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Discussion on the Kalam Argument

In the Arena: The Debates and Lectures of William Lane Craig

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The Big Bullet That You're Biting, Scott

Dr. Craig: I think that the big bullet that you bite, Scott, is that as a result of your argument, you are stuck with the universe coming into existence without explanation for no reason at all without a cause. And so conversely, I think the only bullet that I'm really biting is that things beginning to exist having causes is a common feature, an extremely common feature, but it can't possibly apply to everything, right? "I would rather let that go by the board than give up the idea that the universe beginning had to have some sort of explanation," he says.

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