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Ep #65- Making Sense Of 'CAUSE' and 'NOTHING'
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In this episode Steven and Jacob explore what it means to deny ‘everything that begins to exist has a cause’ and what we truly mean by ‘nothing’. Join them as they continue exploring and explaining the Kalam Cosmological Argument in the Natural Theology series.
Chapter markers:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Recap of last episode
01:27 Say it with us!
02:14 Meaning of Cause/Cuz/Because
02:56 Material vs Efficient Cause
05:02 What do we mean by Agent?
07:12 Why the distinction between Material and Efficient Cause?
08:15 What does denial of Premise 1 entail?
11:23 What do we mean by ‘nothing’?
14:03 Nothing has the property of having nothing?!
14:38 Universes alone may come from nothing?
17:58 Summarising the episode
18:32 Is a vacuum nothing?
20:26 Outro
Links and citation:
- Ep #64- The Most UNIQUE Argument For God?: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1034671/episodes/10790768
- Cosmic Skeptic & Dr. Craig Discuss the Kalam:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGdt2bN0x2o&t=0s
- Physicists & Philosophers reply to the Kalam Cosmological Argument featuring Penrose, Hawking, Guth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKe6YzHiME
- PART ONE - WLC Responds to a Video Critiquing Him and the Kalam | Reasonable Faith Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01xiuvxoJfY
- Record a question and stand a chance to be featured on SAFT Podcast: https://www.speakpipe.com/saftpodcast
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Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Say it with us! (00:01:27)
3. Meaning of Cause/Cuz/Because (00:02:14)
4. Material vs Efficient Cause (00:02:56)
5. What do we mean by Agent? (00:05:02)
6. Why the distinction between Material and Efficient Cause? (00:07:12)
7. What does denial of Premise 1 entail? (00:08:15)
8. What do we mean by ‘nothing’? (00:11:23)
9. Nothing has the property of having nothing?! (00:14:03)
10. Universes alone may come from nothing? (00:14:38)
11. Summarising the episode (00:17:58)
12. Is a vacuum nothing? (00:18:32)
13. Outro (00:20:26)
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