Does Kalam Equivocate with the Word Cause? @firstcauseargument
Does Kalam Equivocate with the Word Cause?  @firstcauseargument
Uploaded June 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Some skeptics and atheists have tried to refute the Kalam Cosmological Argument with the following rebuttal: "The argument commits the fallacy of equivocation. In the first premise 'cause' means 'material cause,' while in the conclusion it does not."

William Lane Craig responds to this so-called refutation.
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Does Kalam Equivocate with the Word 'Cause'?

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