arguments for theism

Kreeft’s Case for God: Summary of My Critique – Part 2

In Part 15 I begin to analyze Argument #4 of Kreeft’s case: 4. The Argument from Degrees of Perfection In Argument #4, Kreeft argues for the existence of an “absolutely perfect being”.  He does strongly hint at the single most important premise of this argument: This absolutely perfect being…is God. (HCA, p.55) The most important premise of this argument is best stated as Kreeft’s Case for God: Summary of My Critique – Part 2

Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #28: Did the Universe Begin to Exist?

WHERE WE ARE AT There is only one more argument in Kreeft’s case that we need to evaluate: Argument #6: the Kalam Cosmological Argument.  In Part 24, I did an initial analysis of Argument #7, and I pointed out some significant problems with that argument.  Argument #6 has the same set of significant problems: Furthermore, the conclusion Kreeft’s Case for God – Part #28: Did the Universe Begin to Exist?

Letter to Peter Kreeft

Dear Dr. Peter Kreeft, I have recently been studying your Argument #7, the Argument from Contingency: http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics-more/20_arguments-gods-existence.htm#7 In the second premise, you provide a definition of “the universe”: 2. The universe—the collection of beings in space and time—exists. Although I appreciate the attempt to clarify the meaning of this phrase, the definition itself seems unclear Letter to Peter Kreeft