Cosmology - A Case for Intelligent Design
Why is there something rather nothing? How come the universe exists? We does the earth exist? Why are we here? Again, why is there something rather than nothing? This is a question people have been trying to answer for thousands of years. Many today would suggest that the universe is just a brute fact. But a many others suggests it's here because it was intelligently designed. Over the course of three blogs, we'll look at cosmology, the detection of design, and teleology. Let's begin with cosmology. The first argument for intelligent design is the cosmological argument. Simply put, the cosmological argument is the argument for causation. Professor and apologist, William Lane Craig has championed this defense in three parts: “Whatever begins to exist has a cause. The universe began to exist. Therefore the universe has a cause.” [1] In other words, there must be a first cause. However, this is Professor of Physics Edward Tryton’s conclusion, “Our universe is simply ...