The Kalam Argument
Kind of odd Christians would so embrace a Muslim idea, but the Kalam argument is very popular with some apologetics. WL Craig is probably the biggest proponent; here is a lecture of his from 2016. Here is the Discovery Institute's take on it - just the same as all the other Christian apologists, note! For this post, I will focus on Craig's argument, which he summarises: Whatever begins to exist has a cause of its beginning. The universe began to exist. Therefore, the universe has a cause of its beginning. 1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause of its beginning 1. Something cannot come from nothing. To claim that something can come into being from nothing is worse than magic. When a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat, at least you’ve got the magician, not to mention the hat! But if you deny premise (1'), you’ve got to think that the whole universe just appeared at some point in the past for no reason whatsoever. But nobody sincerely believes that things, s