Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the cosmological arg

Natural theology tries to demonstrate that ‘God exists’ is true by showing that word ‘God’ successfully refers to that which exists independent of the created universe and on which this universe depends for its existence. Aquinas a Catholic theologian argues for the existence of God, his most important argument is probably the ‘Third Way’ - the argument from contingency and nec

Craig argued that if the Universe did not have a beginning then the past must consist of a series of events that is actually – and not merely potentially – infinite. Craig cannot accept this idea because it would mean that past events form a collection of events; in which, for example, there would be just as many wars as there would be all other events together. Craig concluded that:

- Therefore the universe had a first cause of its existence

Leibniz (1646-1716) explained the argument according to the principle of sufficient reason. Assuming that the Big Bang is correct the universe will continue to expand and freeze – then there was a beginning to the universe. When the Big Bang exploded the stars were formed, after the initial explosion force and gravity pulls everything into itself in the big crunch. So the Universe will continue to expand and contract and so there is no beginning. This is named the oscillating theory – an infinite series of events.

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