Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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Here I respond to a video by Trinity Radio discussing objections to the Kalam Cosmological Argument. Topis include the Grim Reaper's Paradox, the Big Bang, libertarian agency, and the Causal Principle.

00:00 Introduction
01:45 The grim reaper paradox
14:28 The grim messenger paradox
29:30 The purpose of these paradoxes
32:45 Science and the Kalam
37:00 Causes and the multiverse
42:50 The cause of the universe
49:40 Different kinds of causes?
58:30 Why libertarian agency?
1:03:00 God existing timelessly
1:09:30 A material cause of the universe
1:21:00 Thick vs thin versions of the Kalam
1:26:00 Christianity or Deism?
1:42:50 Summary and conclusions

Original video
youtube.com/watch?v=PLirLSAHAfY&

Nathan and my video response to the Kalam:
youtube.com/watch?v=PNEpUEF9Ol4
My book Unreasonable Faith:
amazon.com/Unreasonable-Faith-William-Overstates-Christianity/dp/1912701189