Ep #65- Making Sense Of 'CAUSE' and 'NOTHING'

In this episode Steven and Jacob explore what it means to deny ‘everything that begins to exist has a cause’ and what we truly mean by ‘nothing’. Join them as they continue exploring and explaining the Kalam Cosmological Argument in the Natural Theology series.

Chapter markers: 
00:00 Intro
00:50 Recap of last episode
01:27 Say it with us!
02:14 Meaning of Cause/Cuz/Because
02:56 Material vs Efficient Cause
05:02 What do we mean by Agent?
07:12 Why the distinction between Material and Efficient Cause?
08:15 What does denial of Premise 1 entail?
11:23 What do we mean by ‘nothing’?
14:03 Nothing has the property of having nothing?!
14:38 Universes alone may come from nothing?
17:58 Summarising the episode
18:32 Is a vacuum nothing?
20:26 Outro

Links and citation:

• Ep #64- The Most UNIQUE Argument For God?: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1034671/episodes/10790768 
• Cosmic Skeptic & Dr. Craig Discuss the Kalam: 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGdt2bN0x2o&t=0s   
• Physicists & Philosophers reply to the Kalam Cosmological Argument featuring Penrose, Hawking, Guth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGKe6YzHiME 
• PART ONE - WLC Responds to a Video Critiquing Him and the Kalam | Reasonable Faith Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01xiuvxoJfY 
• Record a question and stand a chance to be featured on SAFT Podcast: https://www.speakpipe.com/saftpodcast   

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:27 Say it with us!
• 2:14 Meaning of Cause/Cuz/Because
• 2:56 Material vs Efficient Cause
• 5:02 What do we mean by Agent?
• 7:12 Why the distinction between Material and Efficient Cause?
• 8:15 What does denial of Premise 1 entail?
• 11:23 What do we mean by ‘nothing’?
• 14:03 Nothing has the property of having nothing?!
• 14:38 Universes alone may come from nothing?
• 17:58 Summarising the episode
• 18:32 Is a vacuum nothing?
• 20:26 Outro