A | B |
___ of the matter was formed in _____ (Bill Bryson) | 98%, 3 minutes (115) |
Timefor the universe to be created is compared to | the time to make a sandwich (115) |
difficult to discern between what's profoundly scholarly and | what's plain silly (115) |
Bill Craig believed arguments for God's existence were weak until | he read Stuart Hackett's Resurrection of Theism (117) |
al Ghazali's argument | whatever began to exist has a cause; universe began to exist; universe has a cause (120) |
analyzing kalaam argument (al Ghazali's argument) leads to the question | what it means to be a cause of the universe |
what it means to be a cause of the universe | leads to understanding of divine attributes (120) |
kalaam premise Craig thought would be accepted | whatever began to exist has a cause |
kalaam premised Craig thought would be questioned | the universe began to exist (120) |
Quentin Smith's conclusion | universe came into existence by "from nothing, by nothing and for nothing" (120) |