Tuesday, May 31, 2011

kalam

P1: nothing which exists can cause something which does not exist to begin existing ex nihilo.

P2: given (1), anything which begins to exist ex nihilo was not caused to do so by something which exists.

P3: the universe began to exist ex nihilo.

P4: given (2) and (3), the universe was not caused to exist by anything which exists.

P5: god is defined as a being which caused the universe to begin to exist ex nihilo

C1: given (4) (5), god does not exist by definition.

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