The Cosmological Argument
The Cosmological Argument
The cosmological argument is the argument to God from the existence of a complex physical universe. God can create such a universe (by keeping it in existence as long as it exists — whether for a finite or infinite time) and has good reason to do so because it is necessary for the existence of humanly free persons. But it is a far less simple beginning of things than is God, and so a priori not to be expected but for the action of God.
Keywords: complex physical universe, finite, infinite, Leibniz
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