Did the Universe Begin to Exist?

Dr. Craig explains the evidence that the universe had a beginning, and then he also considers the different models that attempt to explain the evidence.

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[christiangadfly]

I used a lot of your arguments from "Philosophical Foundations to a Christian Worldview" teaching at confirmation. Thank you for your work!

[larrywilliams]

Dr.Craig laid that out so clear that even a child would understand.

[Jkns-wk]

GOD IS THE DOER OF EVERYTHING

TIME N SPACE AND EVENTS ALREADY BEEN CREATED EARLIER, NOW WE ARE MOVING ON THIS TIME LINE..WE ARE MOVING ON TIME LINE N VISITING ALL THE EVENTS THAT ALREADY BEING CREATED EARLIER

[AK_UK_]

How can we make any rational arguments about the beginning of the universe if at the fundamental level the universe acts against our intuition?

[pedrotaehlee]

Dr. Craig, what do you think about calling Michael Licona for a video or live? It would be an extremely interesting conversation!!

[landonpontius]

Atheists (speaking from experience) do not care about this argument.
It's very interesting, and I enjoy it on philosophical grounds, but practically it has little to no bearing on why people are NOT christians, just as it has little to no bearing on why people ARE christians. I think I speak for many atheists when I say that I am perfectly open minded about whether or not the universe has a "cause, " though the possible answers there are more numerous than apologists claim, but that does not have any real impact on why I'm not convinced of the existence of the Christian god in particular.

I'm happy to say more about this if anyone is interested, just thought it might be helpful to add that insight to the discussion.

[toma]

Hello Dr.Craig, I have a question if you have time. I was wondering why God would create a universe that is still expanding? Why wouldn’t he just create a complete universe?

[dmitryalexandersamoilov]

Presentism has problems. Be an eternalist, my friend 😊

[Jkns-wk]

JUST SURRENDER TO GOD S WILL..
MIND DOES NOT KNOW MANY THINGS BECAUSE MIND IS ALWAYS ATTACHED TO TIME N SPACE..
GOD IS EVERYWHERE IN TIME N SPACE AND ALSO IN NO TIME N NO SPACE, BEYOND MIND..
TIME MOVES IN MANY FORMS

[HaleStorm]

What has a beginning has an end. Eternity travels in both directions.

He's relying on science and philosophy to argue an incomplete / inaccurate theological doctrine.

[kcv]

It's the chicken or the egg philosophy. What came first order or chaos.

[skurbanvintr]

It begins forver thats the glitch. Its a circle/cycle. The dot/clock never stops or begins, it just is....all angles of the compass.

0 = 1 ( 10 ) 4 = north east south west. Complete circle 4 steps.

[william]

It may look like we are at the physical center of an finite expanding universe, but the 'big balloon' model says every point is expanding away from every other point. If the entire thing is supernatural anyway, why not accept the observation instead?

[Westrwjr]

Roger Penrose does not agree with Vilenkin on this, and that’s something Dr. Craig has yet to contend with.

[kcv]

Time, which God created, was for mankind's benefit on a little ball we call earth. So the length, at which we can see, with the most high tech telescope is small and whats beyond is unpredictable. Through circular force its impossible for spontaneous chaos.

[Jkns-wk]

WORDS(SOUNDS) CREATED LIGHT OR LIGHT CREATED WORDS(SOUNDS)... VERY STRONG IS SHOWING SOUND CREATED LIGHT..

[markgendala]

Let us make it a bit simpler... Existence - including space, is "granular", Non-existence is "smooth"
So, how did the WHITE "grains" emerge from within an infinite expanse of BLACK "smoothness"?

[mrb]

Wouldn't "what is north of the North Pole" be a circle around the pole of negative radius?

[piscator_M-]

Yes, it did. However, it was the word of God His voice that made the universe making it hard to detect.

[JadDragon]

All evidence points to God being real and Christianity being true.

Jesus lives! ♥️ and is Yahweh God 🙏🏻 Christ ✝️ and King 👑