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A 4 page essay that examines Swinburne's text and argument, which the writer argues is basically the cosmological argument for the existence of God. However, while Swinburne's argument is impressive in its detail and overall logic structure, it still suffers from the classic flaws that can be found in all standard cosmological arguments. This examination of Swinburne's text presents a brief summary of his argument and then offers rebuttal to his basic premise, which does necessarily mean that God does not exist. No additional sources cited.
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However, certain concepts appear to be beyond the scope of human understanding. For example, if it is granted that the Big Bang marks the beginning of the universe as we
know it, what caused the Big Bang? Richard Swinburne in his text The Existence of God (2004) offers a comprehensive and highly detailed philosophical examination of the ultimate implications of
scientific explanations for natural phenomena as they pertain to the topic of whether or not God exists. Swinburne argues that the very nature of scientific explanation ultimately always leads back
to natural law, which raises the question of why natural law should exist. As an answer, Swinburne offers his argument, which is basically the cosmological argument for the existence of
God. However, while Swinburnes argument is impressive in its detail and overall logic structure, it still suffers from the classic flaws that can be found in all standard cosmological arguments.
The following examination of Swinburnes text presents a brief summary of his argument and then offers rebuttal to his basic premise, which does not necessarily mean that God does not
exist. The cosmological argument for the existence of God, first of all, has as its basic premise that everything has a cause. The universe exists, therefore the universe has
a cause. The best solution for the primal cause of the universe is God; therefore, God exists. However, this brings up the question of whether or not God has a
cause. If God does not have a cause, then this conclusion violates the first premise. As Swinburne himself asserts, "In a valid deductive argument the premises make the conclusion certain"
(Swinburne 4). Granted Swinburne qualifies his argument with the assertion that the existence of God is the most probably explanation, but the fallacy in his argument is still there. Swinburne
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