The cosmological argument argues for the existence of an uncaused cause that is eternal and unchangeable. There are two main responses to this argument. 1) That doesn’t mean that the uncaused cause is Jesus. There’s no particular reason to argue with this response. We know about Jesus from the Bible, not from the cosmological argument.…

One common formulation of the cosmological argument begins, “everything that exists requires a cause.” (example) Smart people sometimes formulate the argument this way, but it is actually not correct. A better (let’s call it “the correct”) formulation is, “Everything that comes into existence has a cause.” Under the incorrect formulation you either have contradiction or…