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cosmological argument (Aquinas (uncaused causer, argument from contingency…
cosmological argument
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Aquinas
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- argument from contingency
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therefore, prime mover / 1st cause must be external, uncaused + unmoved
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however, there was a point when nothing in the universe existed
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Leibniz
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therefore, reason for universe's existence must lie outside of it
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Kalam argument
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therefore, there must be something at the beginning
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Criticism - Russell
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therefore, beings don't have existence as their essence
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strengths
in the position of a believer - shows how concept of God can fit with common scientific beliefs eg. big bang + evolution
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