Worldviews
Matter is the prime reality
Materialism, Naturalism, Atheism
Voids resulting from expansion are filled by the continual, spontaneous self-creation of new matter
Steady State Model
Reasoning from a general rule to a particular cause
Deductive
This is what the “S” stands for
Second Law of Thermodynamics
This argument is credited to an Arabic Philosopher
The Kalam Cosmological Argument
A distant, non-relational God
Deism
A continual cycle between expansion and collapsing of the universe
The Oscillating model
Generalizations from observations
Inductive
This is what the “U”stands for
Universe is expanding
The 1st premise of the Kalam C. A.
Whatever begins to exist had a cause
A non-personal God is in everything
Pantheism
This model is refuted mostly by the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
The Oscillating model
Reasoning from effects back to causes
Abduction
This is what the “R” stands for
Radiation from the Big Bang
The 2nd premise of the Kalam C. A.
The universe began to exist
A personal God is the prime reality
Theism
This is the model which postulates the universe rapidly expanded from an infinitely hot and dense point to our universe today.
The Big Bang or The Standard model
The process of deriving the strict logical consequences of assumed premises.
Inference
This is what the “G” stands for
Galaxy seeds
The conclusion of the Kalam C. A.
The universe had a cause
A personal philosophy, or a hypothesis of ultimate reality
A Worldview
Hubble’s affirmation of the expansion of universe caused this famous scientist to change his cosmology
Einstein
The best explanation is the one that provides the best _______ explanation or the highest explanatory value
Causal
This is what the “E”stands for
Einstein’s E=mc2
The modern day Philosopher who revived the Kalam C. A.
William Lane Craig