Cosmological argument

1. What are the four premises of from cause?

No event has a cause, nothing can be its own cause. If the order of causes goes back to infinity, there’d be no first cause. No first cause, means no causes at all, this is true. There must be a first cause- god.
Every event has a cause, nothing can be its own cause. If the order of causes goes back to infinity, there’d be no first cause. No first cause, means no causes at all, this is false. There must be a first cause- god.
No event has a cause, anything can be its own cause. If the order of causes goes back to infinity, there’d be no first cause. No first cause, means no causes at all, this is false. There must be a first cause- god.
Every event has a cause, nothing can be its own cause. If the order of causes goes back to infinity, there’d be no first cause. No first cause, means no causes at all, this is true. There must be a first cause- god.

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Developed by 11th century hindu scholastic al ghazali and updated by 20th century Christian philosopher William lane Craig. It argues from the existence of the universe to the existence of god.
Developed by 11th century jewish scholastic al ghazali and updated by 20th century Christian philosopher William lane Craig. It argues from the existence of the universe to the existence of god.
Developed by 11th century Islamic scholastic al ghazali and updated by 20th century Christian philosopher William lane Craig. It argues from the existence of the universe to the existence of god.
Developed by 9th century Islamic scholastic al ghazali and updated by 20th century Christian philosopher William lane Craig. It argues from the existence of the universe to the existence of god.

As something can’t come from nothing, something must exist contingently. Everything necessary must be caused or uncaused, you can’t have an infinite series of necessary causes, so there must be a being that has its own necessity- god.
As something can’t come from nothing, something must exist necessarily. Everything necessary must be caused or uncaused, you can’t have an infinite series of necessary causes, so there must be a being that has its own necessity- god.
As something can come from nothing, something must exist necessarily. Everything necessary must be caused or uncaused, you can’t have an infinite series of necessary causes, so there must be a being that has its own necessity- god.
As something can’t come from nothing, something must exist contingently. Everything necessary must be caused or uncaused, you can have an infinite series of necessary causes, so there must be a being that has its own necessity- god.

We think of a first cause that if we go back far enough, we will encounter. This suggests it no longer exists- something no atheist would accept. It could be argued that causation sustains as well as causes an event.
We think of a first cause that if we go back far enough, we will encounter. This suggests it no longer exists- something no theist would accept. It could be argued that causation sustains as well as causes an event.
We think of a first cause that if we go back far enough, we won’t encounter. This suggests it no longer exists- something no theist would accept. It could be argued that causation sustains as well as causes an event.
We think of a first cause that if we go back far enough, we will encounter. This suggests it no longer exists- something all theists would accept. It could be argued that causation sustains as well as causes an event.

It is too formal, if we take square tiles on a floor, it would be a fallacy to assume the whole floor is square, but if we replace shape with color, the fallacy stands.
It is too formal, if we take square tiles on a floor, it would be a fallacy to assume the whole floor is square, but if we replace shape with color, the fallacy stands.
It is not formal, if we take square tiles on a floor, it would be a fallacy to assume the whole floor is square, but if we replace shape with color, the fallacy stands.
It is not formal, if we take square tiles on a floor, it would be a fallacy to assume the whole floor is square, but if we replace shape with color, the fallacy collapses.