Journal Name:
- Sakarya Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi
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Abstract (2. Language):
Does Big Bang Theory Support Kalam Cosmological Argument?
One type of cosmological argument appeals to the idea that the universe began to exist.
This argument was originally devised by medieval Muslim theologians. William Lane
Craig reintroduced their argument from the beginning of the universe as the Kalam cosmological
argument. On the basis of the standard big bang model, Craig attempts to support
the premise that the universe began to exist. I argue against Craig’s view, and defend
that the scientific data does not show that the universe began to exist. I support
this claim by appealing to the equivocal use of the term universe in physical sciences
and in religious or philosophical literature and to the lack of data beyond the Planck
era.
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