Kalam Cosmological Argument

The kalam cosmological argument for the existence of God originated and became highly developed in Islamic theology during the late Middle Ages. It gets its name from the word "kalam", which refers to Arabic philosophy or theology. Traditionally the argument was used to demonstrate the impossibility of an actual infinite existing in the real world, as well as an argument from temporal regress, thus showing that the universe cannot be eternal. In recent years these philosophical arguments have been confirmed by scientific discoveries, viz., the Big Bang theory. The most thorough and articulate proponent of the argument today is Dr. William Lane Craig.

Statement of the (modern) deductive Kalam Cosmological Argument:
p1. Everything that begins to exist has a cause of its existence. (Causal principle.)
p2. The universe (space, time, and matter) began to exist. (Evidenced by two philosophical arguments, the Big Bang, and the second law of thermodynamics.)
c3. Therefore, the universe has a cause of its existence.
Sub-argument:
sp1. As the cause of the universe (space, time, and matter), the cause must be outside of space, time and matter, and therefore be spaceless, timeless, and immaterial. Moreover, the cause must be a personal agent, otherwise a timeless cause could not give rise to a temporal effect like the universe. (Argument expanded.)
sp2. This is an accurate picture of God.
sc3. Therefore, God exists.

by Gojiberry July 25, 2008

anal argument

while in the same vecinity two or more individual begin passing gas back and forth until it finally ends in tragedy; anal conversation

(Mike walks into the room)
Mike- holy shit it smells it here
Tizzle- yeah me and ebby are having an anal argument, his ass just wont shut up
Ebby-well ur ass has a big mouth
Mike- dont get my ass started on that
Tizzle- well my ass does have a point

by chupchup November 10, 2008

argumentum ad grammaticam

Latin for "Argument at the grammar". To counter an opponent's argument, however the degree of validity, by simply correcting their grammar. A part of being a grammar Nazi or a pilkunnussija.

See also argumentum ad hominem ("argument at the person") or just ad hominem, where this term derives from.

"...And that's why your the worst."
"My the worst what?"
"And now you're resorting to argumentum ad grammaticam? That's lame."

by cutesy pastel living doll November 16, 2014

Political arguments

A competition to see who throw the most shit at their opponent in a given time period.

Political arguments are great!

by Person80 February 26, 2017

Argument Hangover

Heavy-hearted feeling experienced the morning after having a heated, extended or particularly wounding argument with a spouse or partner. (Sometimes intensified when accompanied by actual hangover.)

Man, my wife went right into the crazy zone last night, we fought for two hours straight, and this morning I had the worst argument hangover.

by wkae September 23, 2011

Baby Seal Argument

n. an argument in which you are arguing for the heck of it and may actually be against what you are arguing for. It originated in England when a girl named Anna became heavily involved with her friend Helen in an argument about whether it was ok to kill baby seals by smashing their skulls with hammers in Alaska because they had been eating the fish of the village.

" The nice woman from greenpeace was involved in a heated baby seal argument with me yesterday at the bookstore telling me that global warming is not a problem whatsoever and should be ignored. We lauged it off."

by mother superiour October 25, 2005

Argument

competition to see who has more salt

Person 1: hey, why is Karl being so fucking salty?
Person 2: i don't know, but with those sodium chloride levels, he could win a lot of arguments

by kurt cocaine June 11, 2015