It is probable that God exists

I will give and defend one argument for the existence of God. This argument will be the kalam cosmological argument. The Kalam Cosmological Argument Premise 1: Whatever begins to exist has a cause. Premise 2: The universe began to exist. Conclusion: Therefore, The universe has a cause. Premise 1 Premise 1 is a self-evident truth. It's is a metaphysical principle: A being cannot come from non-being; something cannot come into existence uncaused from nothing. It is thus absurd to say that the universe should pop into being uncaused out of nothing. [1] Common experience and reason confirms premise 1. Premise 2 This premise is supported by both philosophy and science. 1. Philosophy Philosophically speaking, If the universe never had a beginning, Then the present moment could never arrive. However, Since the present moment has obviously arrived, It logically follows that the universe is finite in the past and began to exist. [2] Imagine if I were to give you an apple but had to ask permission for the guy behind you, But he has to do the same, And it goes on for infinity. Would you ever get that apple. No. This applies to events too. Therefore, There cannot be an infinite history of past events. 2. Science Scientifically speaking, We know from cosmology that the universe had a beginning some 14 billion years ago with a cosmic event commonly known as the "Big Bang". John Gribbin, An astrophysicist at Cambridge University, Correctly states: "…the discovery of the century, In cosmology at least, Was without doubt the dramatic discovery made by Hubble, And confirmed by Einstein’s equations, That the Universe is not eternal, Static, And unchanging. " [3] Alex Vilenkin himself, One of the world’s leading theoretical cosmologists, Writes: "It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. With the proof now in place, Cosmologists can no longer hide behind the possibility of a past-eternal universe. There is no escape, They have to face the problem of a cosmic beginning. " [4] Why God? Whatever begins to exist has a cause. Thus, Since the universe began to exist, It has a cause. However, Why should we think that this cause is God? There are several reasons why we should think that this cause is God. 1. This cause must be unimaginable powerful as it bought the whole universe into existence, If not omnipotent. 2. This cause must be timeless, Spaceless and immaterial, Because time, Space and matter began at the "Big Bang" (or at the moment the universe came into being). 3. This cause must transcend both matter and time because it created matter and time. 4. Because it is not in time, This cause must therefore be changeless. 5. This cause must itself be uncaused, Because if the cause of the universe had a cause and that cause had a cause ad infinitum, Then there wouldn’t be a universe to talk about in the first place. Thus, We have to posit an uncaused cause due to the absurdity of an infinite regress, In other words an indefinite chain of causes. 6. Lastly, This cause must be personal; for how else could a impersonal cause give rise to a temporal effect? As William Lane Craig rightly states, "For the effect of the universe to begin in time the cause must be a personal agent who freely chooses to create an effect in time. " [5]Indeed, This cause is a being which basically everyone takes to be God. Given the kalam cosmological argument, We can rightly conclude that God exists. Sources[1] William Lane Craig, Reasonable Faith, Page 274. [2] http://www. Leaderu. Com/truth/3truth11. Html[3] John Gribbin, In the Beginning: The Birth of the Living Universe, Page 19. [4] Alex Vilenkin, Many Worlds in One: The Search for Other Universe, Page 176. [5] William Lane Craig and J. P. Moreland, The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology, Page 145.