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In Part 12 of this Introduction to Apologetics we consider a version of the cosmological argument for God as formulated and influenced by G. W. Leibniz.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument
1:37 Sketch of the Leibniz's Argument
4:00 A Contemporary Version of the Argument
5:02 Defense of the First Premise and the Principle of Sufficient Reason
12:20 Contingent Beings vs. Necessary Being
14:07 Defense of the Second Premise
17:48 Objection One: Why can't Everything Be Contingent?
21:34 Objection Two: Why can't the Universe Itself Be Necessary?
25:39 Conclusion