Kalam cosmological argument

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:criticizedFor	gptkb:Graham_Oppy gptkb:Quentin_Smith
gptkbp:debatedBy	gptkb:theology apologetics contemporary philosophy
gptkbp:etymology	Kalam means 'speech' or 'doctrine' in Arabic
gptkbp:field	gptkb:philosophy metaphysics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Kalam cosmological argument
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Al-Ghazali medieval Islamic theologians
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin	gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:mainProponent	gptkb:William_Lane_Craig
gptkbp:originatedIn	gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence medieval Islamic world
gptkbp:plotSummary	The universe has a cause.
gptkbp:popularizedBy	gptkb:William_Lane_Craig
gptkbp:premise	Everything that begins to exist has a cause. The universe began to exist.
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:The_Kalām_Cosmological_Argument_(book_by_William_Lane_Craig)
gptkbp:relatedConcept	causality cosmological argument first cause
gptkbp:used_in	arguments for the existence of God
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:William_Lane_Craig
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5