Strengths and Weaknesses of Cosmological Argument Strengths Weaknesses

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Strengths and Weaknesses of Cosmological Argument Strengths Weaknesses • Universe exists and needs an

Strengths and Weaknesses of Cosmological Argument Strengths Weaknesses • Universe exists and needs an explanation • Can be observed • Everything is contingent • Everything moves and changes • It is simple • There cannot be an infinite chain of causes • It is logical – things cannot make themselves exist • Big Bang theory supports it • Does not prove existence of Christian God • Why not an infinite regression of causes? • It’s as easy to say that the universe is eternal as God is eternal • Just because everything we see has a cause, it doesn’t mean everything has a cause • No one was around to see how the universe was made so how can we talk about it?

Strengths of Cosmological Argument • • Universe exists and needs an explanation Can be

Strengths of Cosmological Argument • • Universe exists and needs an explanation Can be observed Everything is contingent Everything moves and changes It is simple There cannot be an infinite chain of causes It is logical – things cannot make themselves exist Big Bang theory supports it

Weaknesses of Cosmological Argument • Does not prove existence of Christian God • Why

Weaknesses of Cosmological Argument • Does not prove existence of Christian God • Why not an infinite regression of causes? • It’s as easy to say that the universe is eternal as God is eternal • Just because everything we see has a cause, it doesn’t mean everything has a cause • No one was around to see how the universe was made so how can we talk about it?