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May 11, 2025 40 mins

In this episode, we continue our deep dive into the question: How do we know God exists?

Today we will give an overview of various popular arguments for the existence of God, including the Kalam Cosmological Argument, the fine tuning of the universe, William Paley’s Watchmaker Argument, the argument from aesthetic experience, and Pascal’s wager.

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References and further reading/listening/viewing:

William Lane Craig:

The Kalam Cosmological Argument - Part 1: Scientific

The Kalam Cosmological Argument - Part 2: Philosophical

The Fine-Tuning of the Universe.

Impossible Universe: The Reality of Cosmic Fine Tuning

Reasonable Faith

⁠Pascal’s Wager: A Good Argument? ⁠

Does the Kalam Argument Work? w/ Dr. William Lane Craig & Jimmy Akin

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine

Kalaam Argument for God Debated | Jimmy Akin & Trent Horn

Trent Horn, Rebutting atheist objections to the fine-tuning argument

Peter Kreeft

Pascal's Wager W/ Peter Kreeft

Twenty Arguments for God’s Existence

C.S. Lewis, Miracles, Chapter Three

Edward Feser:

Five Proofs of the Existence of God

Mackie on Pascal’s Wager



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