The Kalam Cosmological Argument Multiple-Choice Quiz

. Rowe's primary goal in this chapter is to

prove that the Kalam argument is supported by scientific evidence.

respond to various objections to the Kalam argument for God's existence.

explain the Kalam argument and what it shows about what God is like.

detail the history of the Kalam argument from its Arabic origins to today.

. According to the Kalam argument, there could not have been an infinite series of past events because

there is no objective way to individuate events in order to count them.

the possibility of simultaneous causation means that we do not need an infinite series of events.

the possibility of an infinite series of events is incompatible with the creation of the universe.

if there had been an infinite series of events, we would never have reached the present.

. According to Rowe, modern science agrees with the Kalam argument in claiming that the universe had a beginning

and that time began when the universe began.

but that time stretches infinitely into the past.

and therefore must have had a creator.

but it need not have had a creator.

. According to Rowe, which of the following does the Kalam argument show about the nature of God?

God alone exists as an actual infinite.

God's power is limited to simultaneous causation.

God is neither omniscient, omnipotent, nor perfectly good.

God is extremely powerful and knowledgeable.

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