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Kalam Argument Analysis
The Kalam Argument is based on the argument that the "actual infinite" cannot possibly exist. For this reason, the argument states that the origins of our universe cannot be traced back to infinity. If infinity is impossible, then the universe itself must have had a definite beginning. According to the argument, this definite beginning is caused by god. The Kalam Argument goes on to state that time itself did not exist before the universe was created and so the cause for the creation of the universe would have to be non-temporal. The Kalam Argument does not settle any question about the existence of a benevolent and loving god. The Kalam Argument simply states that the universe had a definite beginning and that there must have been a cause

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