Your paper thesis is the main idea you want to argue in the paper.

It must be 3600 words in Turabian/Chicago format. The outline is below. I can send the articles to use. There are some ebooks also. I am not sure how to give access to those.

 

1. Paper thesis

 

Your paper thesis is the main idea you want to argue in the paper. The paper as a whole, then, serves as an extended demonstration of your thesis. State your thesis in a succinct fashion, in no more than 2 sentences. Your thesis may have the following form: I will argue that X’s apologetics argument for the existence of God is still applicable in our contemporary context.

 

State your thesis here: _The past is finite and has a point of origin as everything that begins to exist has a cause of its existence, that ultimate cause is God._

 

 

2. Description of the argument

 

The argument of the paper is that which demonstrates your thesis. What are the arguments which support your thesis? To use the same suggested example above, your argument may take the following form: X’s argument for the existence of God is still applicable in our contemporary context, for the following reasons: [list reasons here]. In this section, simply explain the reasons and arguments that support your thesis in this paper. You must summarize and explain each of your arguments.

 

State your reasons/argument here:

• Whatever begins to have an existence has a cause
• At some point the universe began to exist
• The universe must have a cause
• Since the universe has a cause, there must be an uncaused creater of the universe (God).

 

 

3. Final outline of the paper

 

The outline of the paper must support the demonstration of the thesis. It must be structured in such a way that the main arguments you will be deploying in support of your thesis are allowed to unfold. The outline must be inclusive of all headings and sub-headings.

 

Insert outline here:

 

1. Introduction
2. Cosmological argument for the existence of God
3. Kalam Cosmological Argument
   1. Medeival scholasticism
   2. Aristotle’s Prime Mover
   3. Al-Ghazali (The Incoherence of the Philosophers)
   4. Aquinas (Summa Theologica & Summa Contra Gentiles)
4. Craig’s Premises
   1. Premise one: "Whatever begins to exist has a cause."
      1. Causal Principle
      2. Sufficient Reason
   2. Premise two: "The universe began to exist."
      1. The Big Bang Theory
      2. Hilbert’s Paradox
   3. Therefore: "The universe has a cause."
5. God is the cause
   1. Faith and Reason
6. Conclusion
7. Bibliography

 

4. Final Bibliography

 

The final bibliography must contain a complete list of primary and secondary sources. The number of total sources (primary and secondary) must be at least 12. Abide by the guidelines and definitions of a scholarly source as stated in the instructions.

 

Beilby, James K. Thinking About Christian Apologetics: What It Is and Why We Do It. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2011.

Bobier, Christopher Alan. "God, Time and the Kal?m Cosmological Argument." Sophia 52, no.   4 (2013): 593-600.

Craig, William Lane. God Over All: Divine Aseity and The Challenge of Platonism. New York,   NY: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Craig, William Lane. "In Defense of the Kalam Cosmological Argument." Faith and Philosophy 14, no. 2 (1997): 236-247.

Craig, William Lane. "J. Howard Sobel on the Kalam Cosmological Argument." Canadian           Journal of Philosophy 36, no. 4 (2006): 565-584.

Craig, William Lane. "Graham Oppy on the Kalam Cosmological Argument." International             Philosophical Quarterly 51, no. 3 (2011): 303-330.

Defilippo, Joseph G. "Aristotle' Identification of the Prime Mover as God." Classical Quarterly    44, no. 2 (1994): 393-409.

Dulles, Avery Cardinal. A History of Apologetics. 2nd ed. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press,       2005.

Edgar, William, and K. Scott Oliphint, eds. Christian Apologetics Past & Present: A Primary      Source Reader: Volume 1: From 1500. Wheaton, Il: Crossway, 2009.

Edgar, William, and K. Scott Oliphint, eds. Christian Apologetics Past & Present: A Primary      Source Reader: Volume 2: From 1500. Wheaton, Il: Crossway, 2011.

Goetz, Stewart C. and The Society of Christian Philosophers. "Craig’s Kalam Cosmological         Argument." Faith and Philosophy 6, no. 1 (1989): 99-102.

Groetsch, C. W. "From Medieval Scholasticism to Cosmic Exploration in Three Problems."         Primus 15, no. 3 (2005): 215-225.

Groothuis, Douglas. Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith. Downers   Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2011.

Leftow, Brian. "On a Principle of Sufficient Reason." Religious Studies 39, no. 3 (2003): 269-     286.

Little, Paul E., and Marie Little. Know Why You Believe: Connecting Faith and Reason.   Colorado Springs, CO: Victor, 2003.

Riker, Stephen. "Al-Ghazali on Necessary Causality in "the Incoherence of the Philosophers"."    The Monist 79, no. 3 (1996): 315-324.

Romero, Gustavo E. and Daniela Pérez. "New Remarks on the Cosmological         Argument." International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 72, no. 2 (2012): 103-113.

Wijeratne, Chanakya, Ami Mamolo, and Rina Zazkis. "Hilbert's Grand Hotel with a Series             Twist." International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 45, no. 6 (2014): 904-911.