Kalam’s Cosmological argument dates back to medieval Muslim philosophers. Kalam’s argument is an argument for the existence of the universe to the existence of God. William Kane Craig is promoting modern day versions, which attempt to overcome the problems of earlier versions. The differences and similarities between Kalam’s Cosmological Argument, Aquinas's and Paley's design arguments can be examined to determine that it has failed to overcome the difficulties present in Paley’s and Aquinas arguments. Kalam’s Cosmological argument is as follows: 1. Everything that begins to exist has a cause. 2. The universe began to exist. 3. Therefore, the universe has a cause. One major issue presented in the argument is premise one and two. The universe
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Paley argument describes a person walking on the beach. This person finds a watch lying in the sand. This person opens the watch and discovers that it is a complex and intricate piece of machinery. The person also notices that all of the parts of watch work together to allow the hands to measure out equal intervals of time. Paley then presents two hypotheses for the creation of the watch. The first is the Random Hypothesis. This hypothesis says that the random action of the waves on the sand, a watch was accidently produced. The other hypothesis presented is the Design Hypothesis. This hypothesis says that the intricacy and usefulness of the watch suggest that it is the product of intelligence. In necessity, the watch exists because there was a watchmaker who produced it. Similar to Kalam’s argument, it suggests that a being outside of the universe acted on something inside of it. Paley describes this higher being as the watchmaker. Paley does this by making assumptions that is failed to be supported. Paley says that we infer the existence of a watchmaker from the watch that we found. Further, Paley suggests that that designer must have been fairly intelligent to produce and object that is such complex. Paley suggests this being of superior intelligence, but fails to produce any evidence other than general assumptions. Analogous to Kalam’s argument, Kalam suggests that the everything has a cause.
Paley argument describes a person walking on the beach. This person finds a watch lying in the sand. This person opens the watch and discovers that it is a complex and intricate piece of machinery. The person also notices that all of the parts of watch work together to allow the hands to measure out equal intervals of time. Paley then presents two hypotheses for the creation of the watch. The first is the Random Hypothesis. This hypothesis says that the random action of the waves on the sand, a watch was accidently produced. The other hypothesis presented is the Design Hypothesis. This hypothesis says that the intricacy and usefulness of the watch suggest that it is the product of intelligence. In necessity, the watch exists because there was a watchmaker who produced it. Similar to Kalam’s argument, it suggests that a being outside of the universe acted on something inside of it. Paley describes this higher being as the watchmaker. Paley does this by making assumptions that is failed to be supported. Paley says that we infer the existence of a watchmaker from the watch that we found. Further, Paley suggests that that designer must have been fairly intelligent to produce and object that is such complex. Paley suggests this being of superior intelligence, but fails to produce any evidence other than general assumptions. Analogous to Kalam’s argument, Kalam suggests that the everything has a cause.