contingency argument
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Contingency Argument. Why anything at all exists. Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”. God’s Starry Night. Premise 1. Everything that exists has an explanation of its existence – either in the necessity of its own nature, or in an external cause. “Necessary” Things. External Cause. Premise 2. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Contingency Argument
Why anything at all exists
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Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”
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God’s Starry Night
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Premise 1• Everything that exists has an
explanation of its existence – either in the necessity of its own nature, or in an external cause.
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“Necessary” Things
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External Cause
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Premise 2• If the universe has an
explanation of its existence, that explanation is an external, transcendent, personal cause - God.
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Why?• Because the cause of the
universe must be greater than the universe itself.
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Universe is…• Matter
• Space
• Time
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Premise 3• The universe exists.
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Premise 4• Therefore, the explanation of
the existence of the universe is an external, transcendent, personal cause – God.
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Recap• #1: Everything that exists has an
explanation of its existence – either in the necessity of its own nature, or in an external cause.
• #2: If the universe has an explanation for its existence, that explanation is God.
• #3: The universe exists.• #4: Therefore, the universe’s
explanation for its existence is God.