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  • TLblog- The Kalam Cosmological Argument- (Part 3) by Rand Wagner

    I’ve attempted to demonstrate in the two previous posts that the the universe had a beginning. The Kalam argument states that whatever begins to exist has a cause; the universe began to exist; therefore the universe has a cause. In this post I would like to show

  • TLblog- The Kalam Cosmological Argument (Part 2- Philosophical Observations) by Rand Wagner

    In my last post I began to argue for the Cause of the universe using the Kalam Cosmological Argument. The argument is basically this: that whatever begins to exist has a cause; the universe began to exist, the universe has a cause. In making the case for the beginning of the universe we start with the self evident…

  • Reflections on Unity and Diversity

    “Unquestioning acceptance of an original position, either through ignorance of alternatives or through refusal to consider them, not only leads to forgone conclusions…but it leads to the acceptance of a system without taking into account several weighty objections that ought to be faced.” Gordon H. Clark One of the books I am currently re-reading is Thales…

  • Cumulative Case for God (Outline)

    A) Christian Theism is the hypothesis. B) It is more reasonable to believe in God than to be an atheist. C) Christian Theism offers a more adequate explanation than atheism does for the following aspects of reality:

  • The Kalam Cosmological Argument (Part 3- God is the Cause)

    I’ve attempted to demonstrate in the two previous posts that the the universe had a beginning. The Kalam argument states that whatever begins to exist has a cause; the universe began to exist; therefore the universe has a cause. In this post I would like to show that the cause of the universe is what…

  • Worldview Basics (Part 2- Theism, Naturalism, Monism)

    In the previous post (Part 1 in this worldview basics series), I stated the obvious- that people answer the fundamental questions of life in various ways and that our answers to the foundational questions help us determine our worldview. A worldview, though most people don’t realize they have one, is the conceptual structure of our presuppositions and ideas and is significant because it guides our thoughts, actions, and motives. Our worldview helps us define…

  • Worldview Basics (Part 1)

     “I tried so hard and got so far, but in the end It doesn’t even matter; I had to fall to lose it all, but in the end It doesn’t even matter” –Linkin Park  “I wanna run through the halls of my high school; I wanna scream at the top of my lungs; I just found…