Defenders Podcast Defenders: Excursus on Natural Theology (Part 10): 2nd Philosophical Argument for the Beginning of the Universe
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Jun 15, 2022 Dive into fascinating philosophical debates about the universe's origins and the impossibility of infinite events. Explore whether God exists outside of time, and unravel the paradoxes of counting down from infinity. The discussion also tackles the Grim Reaper Paradox, revealing intriguing contradictions in our understanding of existence and divine power. Each topic challenges conventional beliefs, making it a thought-provoking journey through metaphysics and time.
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Traversing An Infinite Past Is Impossible
- The past cannot be actually infinite because it would require traversing an infinite series one event at a time, which is impossible.
- Al-Ghazali's counting and domino analogies show that you can't count down or reach today if an infinite number of prior events had to be completed first.
Fallacy Of Composition In Countdown Objections
- The objection that each negative number is finitely far from zero commits the fallacy of composition.
- Craig explains that every finite part being traversable doesn't imply the whole infinite series is traversable.
Physicist Question On Flat Universe Expansion
- A question from a physicist raised the cosmological worry that a flat universe could have begun as a mathematical point and expand to infinite size.
- Craig replies that spatial finitude via curvature (like a 3-sphere) avoids the paradox of a point-to-infinity jump.