This is a comprehensive refutation of the popular kalam cosmological argument that is used by
Christian apologists like
William Lane Craig. Hopefully the content of this video will help put this argument out of it's misery once and for all. :)
This was originally a four part series from CounterApologist that I combined into a single video. Be sure to subscribe to his channel for more great videos!
http://www.youtube.com/user/CounterApologist
Resources for each clip:
Part 1: Definitions
Sources for Definitions used by Dr.
Craig
Begins to
Exist: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/beginning-to-exist
Universe: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/causal-premiss-of-the-kalam-argument
Nothing: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/hawkings-curious-objections-to-divine-creation
Cause: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/causal-premiss-of-the-kalam-argument
Part 2: Philosophical
Problems
The blog post for this video, laying out the problems in written form: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/
2013/01/countering-kalam-philosophical
.html
SisyphusRedeemed video on the "
Kalam Cosmological Fallacy": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUYjnL2PqUg
Dr. Craig admitting
Material Causation is a problem and how he has to counter it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qn5V6Cgg1o&feature;=youtu.be&t;=3m55s
"
Worlds Apart: On the Possibility of An
Actual Infinity" by
Josh Denver: https://webspace.utexas.edu/deverj/personal/papers/worlds
.pdf
Part 3: Scientific Problems
For more detailed information, please see the blog post for this video: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2013/01/countering-kalam-no-scientific-evidence.html
Lecture by
Lawrence Krauss explaining how our space-time universe could evolve from quantum mechanics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjaGktVQdNg
Skydivephil's awesome video debunking the Kalam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baZUCc5m8sE
Part 4:
Circular and Unscientific
For more detailed information, please see the blog post for this video: http://counterapologist.blogspot.com/2013/01/countering-kalam-circular-and.html
Some video's that give a better visual explanation of
Relativity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wteiuxyqtoM&feature;=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v;=C2VMO7pcWhg
Invariance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invariant_%28physics
Galilean Transformation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilean_transformation
Lorentz Transformation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_transformation
Also be sure to check out
Iron Chariots, the counter-apologetics wiki. They also have a good page debunking kalam: http://wiki.ironchariots.org/index
.php?title=Kalam
- published: 05 May 2013
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