Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Here I review a short video by Mike Winger and Braxton Hunter on atheist objections to the Kalam Cosmological Argument. In particular I discuss the nature of the first cause, theories of causation, agent causation, and methodological naturalism.

0:00 Introduction; the cause of the universe
1:00 Kalam doesn't mention God
5:45 Could the cause be material?
11:35 God explanation vs pixie explanation
15:00 Special pleading for a mental cause
17:22 Why does the cause need to be powerful?
25:08 Other possible causes of the universe
31:50 Braxton on methodological naturalism in science
36:50 Naturalism of the gaps
40:12 'You can't get off the bus' of the argument
44:15 The first cause isn't limited
47:34 Metaphysics of causation
54:05 Problems with agent causation
1:03:30 More bad reasons for a personal cause
1:10:08 Confirmation bias and God of the gaps
1:13:54 'We gave justifications for all God's properties!'
1:18:20 Does the Kalam give you theism?
1:21:25 Now the Kalam gives you Christianity!
1:24:05 'Ruling out' all non-Abrahamic religions
1:30:00 Summary and conclusions


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