He Hakakā ʻŌlelo: O Kalam Cosmological Argument kēia

Eia nō, he hakakā ʻōlelo kaulana kēia, pale ʻia e Wiliam Lane Craig, Wahi a “Kalam cosmological argument”, he “syllogism kēia:

1.  Ua hoʻomaka ʻia i na mea a pau; 

2.  O ke ao holoʻokoʻa ka mea i hoʻomaka ʻia ai, no laila:

3.  Na ke kumu i hoʻomaka i ke ao holoʻokoʻa 

E pili ana i ka hopena o “Classical Theism” o kēia hakakā ʻōlelo, Ua kakau ʻia e Craig:

“… e pii iluna i ka ao holoʻokoʻa, O ke kumu ka mea i hoʻomaka i ka ao holoʻokoʻa ex nihilo … Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ko kākou ao holoʻokoʻa e ka mea e pii iluna i ia, a ka mea nunui i ia. Aʻohe ka mea huna kēia mea nui o ko “theists” manaʻo e pili ana “ke Akua, O ke kumu oʻia i ka lani a me ka honua.  

The most prominent form of the argument, as defended by William Lane Craig, states the Kalam cosmological argument as the following brief syllogism:

1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause;
2. The universe began to exist;Therefore:
3. The universe has a cause.

Referring to the implications of Classical Theism that follow from this argument, Craig writes:

"... transcending the entire universe there exists a cause which brought the universe into being ex nihilo ... our whole universe was caused to exist by something beyond it and greater than it. For it is no secret that one of the most important conceptions of what theists mean by 'God' is Creator of heaven and earth."