7. Worst Objection to Kalam Cosmological Argument: Equivocating 'Begins to Exist'

http://reasonablefaith.org - Biola University, 2010 - Perhaps the worst objections to the Kalam Cosmological Argument you'll ever hear is on youtube (by youtube atheists) and the Internet. Here, Dr. William Lane Craig has fun dealing with these pseudo-intellects and their shallow understanding of the Kalam Cosmological Argument, logic and philosophy. In this episode, some atheists claim that there is euivocating in the phrase "begins to exist" in the Kalam Cosmological Argument.

Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL246BE4C9900A5A5D

Related:

Kalam Cosmological Argument, First Law of Thermodynamics, and Equivocation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l50ZZMs1RqY

The First Law of Thermodynamics vs The Cosmological Argument:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf90iRas-Xk

For more defenses against objections of the Kalam Cosmological Argument: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=916E17EE70E98A68

10 Really Bad Youtube Objections to the Kalam Cosmological Argument:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fSluNqGxRA

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[jordan6030]

Dr CRAIG...please stop embarrassing the atheist.

[drcraigvideos]

@jordan6030 If you think about it, atheists are only embarrassing themselves when they use these arguments.

[Randomicity912]

Man, you should see the imbeciles commenting over on one of my videos. I keep getting the 10 worst objections posted over and over again. It would be funny if it were not so sad.

[drcraigvideos]

@metaljacket1983123 Well, I'm glad you got that much at least. Youtube atheists wouldn't get a darn thing!

[MeanieKitsch]

Time is an emergent concept that arises secondary to the presence of motion and forces (eg. the Sun, the expanding Universe). No two things that aren't causally related can be said to happen simultaneously. A different "time" that is not relevant to us is possible "before" the point of singularity. DUH.

[rainbowofhazes]

@drcraigvideos I'm not a physicist but in quantum physics the term "nothing" becomes pointless, for instance the mass of an atom, majority is in the nucleus, protons and neutrons, which consist of quarks in turn. However the actual mass is mostly in the 'empty' space between the quarks. Same is true at a cosmic scale, as most of the mass of the observable universe is in regions which appear to be completely empty, explained via dark matter.

[Sacklome]

@drcraigvideos What you're doing is taking basic premises that ARE true in our daily lives, but trying to apply them to extreme conditions where things would operate VERY differently. It just doesn't work.

[drcraigvideos]

@Sacklome LOL! Quantum physics doesn't say that nothing can do something. Drop the pop science, please.

[Sacklome]

@drcraigvideos Okay if I give you that point, you still have to back up your claim that everything that begins to exist must have a cause. We're not talking about your average every day action, remember, we're talking about a SUPER condensed, SUPER hot particle. Quantum mechanics don't operate under the same rules as your average, basic physics.

[jordan6030]

@drcraigvideos Yeah...they try so desperately to avoid god.

[drcraigvideos]

@Sacklome *sigh* The laws of logic are necessary. Look up what philosophers mean by something being necessary.

[Sacklome]

@drcraigvideos Okay cut the 'genius' crap you smarmy prick. It's necessary? Because you can't comprehend a universe without it? I'm sorry but reality is not based on what YOU can understand. We're not really talking about 'something' coming into existence uncaused, it's highly condensed energy and matter. VERY highly condensed. Under those conditions things don't operate under the same physics as we normally see. Sub atomic particles are known to just 'appear' without cause.