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The cosmological argument basically says that the mere existence of the world requires an explanation -- and that this explanation can only be God. Which form of the cosmological argument does Moreland defend?
{ 1 } - Aquinas's form (which argues from motion or causality or contingency).
{ 2 } - the "sufficient reason" form (which argues that, just as the existence of any particular contingent being requires an explanation, so too the existence of the totality of contingent beings requires an explanation).
{ 3 } - the "kalam" form (which argues that the world had a beginning in time -- and that this beginning has to have been caused by a personal being).
{ 4 } - He defends all of these forms of the argument.
{ 5 } - He rejects all of these.
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The cosmological argument basically says that the mere existence of the world requires an explanation -- and that this explanation can only be God. Which form of the cosmological argument does Moreland defend?
{ 1 } - Aquinas's form (which argues from motion or causality or contingency).
{ 2 } - the "sufficient reason" form (which argues that, just as the existence of any particular contingent being requires an explanation, so too the existence of the totality of contingent beings requires an explanation).
{ 3 } - the "kalam" form (which argues that the world had a beginning in time -- and that this beginning has to have been caused by a personal being).
{ 4 } - He defends all of these forms of the argument.
{ 5 } - He rejects all of these.
He doesn't defend this form of the argument.
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The cosmological argument basically says that the mere existence of the world requires an explanation -- and that this explanation can only be God. Which form of the cosmological argument does Moreland defend?
{ 1 } - Aquinas's form (which argues from motion or causality or contingency).
{ 2 } - the "sufficient reason" form (which argues that, just as the existence of any particular contingent being requires an explanation, so too the existence of the totality of contingent beings requires an explanation).
{ 3 } - the "kalam" form (which argues that the world had a beginning in time -- and that this beginning has to have been caused by a personal being).
{ 4 } - He defends all of these forms of the argument.
{ 5 } - He rejects all of these.
He doesn't defend this form of the argument.
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The cosmological argument basically says that the mere existence of the world requires an explanation -- and that this explanation can only be God. Which form of the cosmological argument does Moreland defend?
{ 1 } - Aquinas's form (which argues from motion or causality or contingency).
{ 2 } - the "sufficient reason" form (which argues that, just as the existence of any particular contingent being requires an explanation, so too the existence of the totality of contingent beings requires an explanation).
{ 3 } - the "kalam" form (which argues that the world had a beginning in time -- and that this beginning has to have been caused by a personal being).
{ 4 } - He defends all of these forms of the argument.
{ 5 } - He rejects all of these.
This is the form of the argument that he defends.
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The cosmological argument basically says that the mere existence of the world requires an explanation -- and that this explanation can only be God. Which form of the cosmological argument does Moreland defend?
{ 1 } - Aquinas's form (which argues from motion or causality or contingency).
{ 2 } - the "sufficient reason" form (which argues that, just as the existence of any particular contingent being requires an explanation, so too the existence of the totality of contingent beings requires an explanation).
{ 3 } - the "kalam" form (which argues that the world had a beginning in time -- and that this beginning has to have been caused by a personal being).
{ 4 } - He defends all of these forms of the argument.
{ 5 } - He rejects all of these.
He only defends one of the forms.
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The cosmological argument basically says that the mere existence of the world requires an explanation -- and that this explanation can only be God. Which form of the cosmological argument does Moreland defend?
{ 1 } - Aquinas's form (which argues from motion or causality or contingency).
{ 2 } - the "sufficient reason" form (which argues that, just as the existence of any particular contingent being requires an explanation, so too the existence of the totality of contingent beings requires an explanation).
{ 3 } - the "kalam" form (which argues that the world had a beginning in time -- and that this beginning has to have been caused by a personal being).
{ 4 } - He defends all of these forms of the argument.
{ 5 } - He rejects all of these.
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