Presentism and Infinite History
by Jimmy Akin
Filed under The Existence of God
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” While the world definitely had a beginning, there’s a question of whether we can prove this by reason alone (i.e., by philosophical arguments). Defenders of the Kalaam cosmological argument often use an argument like this one, which is found in William Lane Craig’s book Reasonable Faith: 1) An actually infinite number of things cannot exist.2) A beginningless series of events in time entails an actually infinite number of things.3) Therefore, a beginningless series of events in time cannot exist. I have a problem with the first premise, but... Read More
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