cosmological argument

Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 5: The Gap Between Phase 1 and Phase 2

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Here is my version of Geisler’s first argument in Phase 2 of his case for God:   ARGUMENT #1 OF PHASE 2   10a. Only a being with great power could create the whole universe by itself, and only a being with great power could sustain the existence of the whole universe by itself  (for even just one moment).   11a. There is a being that … Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 5: The Gap Between Phase 1 and Phase 2

Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 4: Phase Two of Geisler’s Case for God

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It is tempting to jump right into a critique of Geisler’s five initial arguments.  However, my first priority is to sketch out the logic of Geisler’s case for the existence of God in When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), and, as I have previously argued (in Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3), the five arguments are merely the first phase … Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 4: Phase Two of Geisler’s Case for God

Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 2: How Many Arguments for God?

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In Chapter  2 of When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), Norman Geisler appears to present five different arguments for the existence of God.  However, there are some significant problems with this characterization of Geisler’s case for God.   NONE of the five arguments end with the conclusion that “God exists”.  In fact, only his first argument even mentions the word “God”, … Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 2: How Many Arguments for God?

Geisler’s Five Ways

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Norman Geisler is a Thomist.  His case for the existence of God is basically a simplified, clarified, and somewhat modified version of the case for God made by Thomas Aqinas in Summa Theologica.  Geisler borrows the basic logical structure of the case for God made by Aquinas, as well as some of the specific sub-arguments … Geisler’s Five Ways

Cases for God

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I’m thinking about which cases for the existence of God to focus in on, for my evaluation of Christianity.  Right now, I’m thinking about examining the cases of four well-known Christian apologists: I just realized that two of these philosophers are Thomists, and two are not Thomists. Geisler is a conservative Evangelical Christian, but his … Cases for God

Omnipotence and the Actual Infinite

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According to William Craig’s defense of the kalam cosmological argument, an actual infinite cannot exist. This claim is important not only for Craig’s main claim that the universe had a beginning, but also for a followup response to the suggestion that the universe cannot be part of a wider, infinitely regressive history wherein our universe … Omnipotence and the Actual Infinite