The first premise of the Kalam cosmological argument has come under fire in the last few years. The premise states that the universe had a beginning, and one of two prominent arguments for it turns on the claim that an actual infinite collection of entities cannot exist. After stating the Kalam cosmological argument and the two approaches to defending its first premise, I respond to two objecti...

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This paper examines the Kalam cosmological argument, as put forward by William Craig. Craig infers the existence of a personal God from the supposedly finite past of the universe. The temporal finiteness of the universe is based upon philosophical arguments for the presumed impossibility of an actual infinity of past events and is confirmed by two lines of scientific evidence. The arguments aga...

ibn abi- jumhur ahsa’i, a prominent thinker of the shi’ite sage, who was alive until the early era of the safavid dynasty, can be called “the founder” because of his revolution in the form and method as well as in the theological attitude of shi'ite kalam, and since this revolution is fulfilled through illuminative wisdom, he has to be called “the founder of illuminative shi'ite kalam...

Most Arabic language studying at Salaf Islamic Boarding Schools leads to maharah al-qira'ah wa al-istima'. One of the salaf boarding schools, namely Raudlatul Ulum Guyangan Pati, Central Java, Indonesia, began formulation curriculum transformation by achieving goals speaking skills (maharah al-kalam). This study aimed analyze implementation al-kalam material ACTFL Perspective School. The method...

William Lane Craig offers two philosophical arguments for the conclusion that the universe began to exist. To be compelling, these arguments must not only be sound—we must also have reasons to believe that they are sound. I determine that these arguments do not provide such reasons to many individuals. The arguments ultimately rely on supposedly intuitively obvious absurdities. However, if one ...