What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument? – Part 3
I will now examine William Craig’s book Reasonable Faith, to see whether this book supports my view that the ultimate conclusion of the kalam cosmological argument (hereafter: KCA) is: GOD EXISTS (as opposed to the conclusion: THE UNIVERSE HAS A CAUSE). Since Reasonable Faith is an updated and revised version of Craig’s earlier book Apologetics, most … What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument? – Part 3
What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument? – Part 2
In the previous post on this topic, I argued that William Craig’s book The Existence of God and the Beginning of the Universe (Here’s Life Publishers, 1979) provides a good deal of evidence supporting my view that the ultimate conclusion of the kalam cosmological argument (hereafter: KCA) is: GOD EXISTS, and that book also provides evidence … What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument? – Part 2
What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument?
In order to understand an argument, one must FIRST understand what the CONCLUSION of the argument asserts. Since Jeff Lowder and I disagree about what the conclusion of the kalam cosmological argument (hereafter: KCA) asserts, we also disagree about the specific content of KCA. I’m going to present my reasons for believing that the conclusion … What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument?
William Lane Craig: 36 Years of Equivocation – Part 4
Craig’s presentation of KCA in 1979 (in The Existence of God and The Beginning of the Universe) has the following structure: I. The intermediate conclusion (the conclusion of his syllogistic argument) is stated in ambiguous language, ambiguous concerning whether there is AT LEAST ONE thing that caused the existence of the universe or EXACTLY ONE … William Lane Craig: 36 Years of Equivocation – Part 4
William Lane Craig: 36 Years of Equivocation – Part 3
In comments on the previous post in this series, Scott Scheule pointed out that Wiliam Craig admits that KCA does NOT show that there is EXACTLY ONE first cause or creator (emphasis added by me): =================== Craig: Finally, we have objection 4. The argument doesn’t prove that monotheism is true. I concede the point. I’ve … William Lane Craig: 36 Years of Equivocation – Part 3
William Lane Craig: 36 Years of Equivocation – Part 2
One reason why it should be OBVIOUS that Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument (hereafter: KCA) involves the fallacy of equivocation, is that Aquinas commits a very similar fallacy of equivocation in his cosmological arguments for God. Every (or almost every) introduction to philosophy of religion course includes at least a brief examination of Aquinas’s Five Ways … William Lane Craig: 36 Years of Equivocation – Part 2
William Lane Craig: 36 Years of Equivocation
William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument (hereafer: KCA) has been kicked around for several decades now, so it is very unlikely that I will come up with some new devastating objection that nobody has previously thought of (and published). I purchased my copy of The Existence of God and the Beginning of the Universe (Here’s … William Lane Craig: 36 Years of Equivocation
Jerry Coyne on Atheists Criticizing Other Atheists
On his website, Jerry Coyne yesterday wrote a blog post with the provocative question, “Why Do Many Atheists Hate the New Atheists?” The blog post seems to be the result of a book-length attack on the new atheists by C.J. Werleman (link). Now I haven’t read Werleman’s book or, for that matter, many other critiques … Jerry Coyne on Atheists Criticizing Other Atheists
Philosophy of Religion in Secular Philosophy Departments
An unrelated Internet search somehow led me to this online copy of The Blackwell Companion to the Philosophy of Religion (2d ed., ed. Charles Taliaferro, Paul Draper, and Philip L. Quinn). As I skimmed the Table of Contents, I started thinking about the proper place for the philosophy of religion (PoR) in the curriculum of a philosophy department … Philosophy of Religion in Secular Philosophy Departments
The Slaughter of the Canaanites – Part 10
Clay Jones argues that Jehovah commanded the Israelites to slaughter the Canaanites (men, women, and children), but that this command and the obedience of the Israelites to the command was morally justified because the Canaanites deserved the death penalty for various serious crimes or sins which were violations of the laws of Jehovah (see his … The Slaughter of the Canaanites – Part 10