Interview with Rob Koons world expert on arguments for God's existence

00:00 Introduction 01:41 New book on the Five ways 03:45 1st Way (St Thomas) Motion 14:06 How could a timeless God act in time? 16:04 2nd Way (St Thomas) Essence/Existence distinction 19:38 3rd Way (St Thomas) Contingency and modality 24:31 How does this argument differ from the Leibnitzien cosmological argument? 28:40 How do you answer necessitarianism? 31:13 Is the necessary being God? (divine attributs) 33:08 4th way (perfections) 35:59 5th way (teleology) 39:00 Divine simplicity 41:24 Divine simplicity incompatible with the Trinity? 45:00 Omnipotence 47:15 Is God loving? 49:18 Omniscience? 50:47 OTHER ARGUMENTS FOR GOD'S EXISTENCE 51:34 Kalam cosmological argument (old arguments for the finite past) 58:09 New arguments for the impossibility of an infinite past (Grim reaper paradox) 1:02:15 Chicken egg paradox against the infinite past 1:04:13 Metaphysical implications of a finite past 1:05:36 Whatever begins to exist has a cause (Causal principle) 1:07:38 Is the cause of the Universe intelligent? 1:09:20 Do rationality and consciouness point to theism? 1:10:39 Naturalism cannot account for free-will 1:12:45 No free will, No rationality 1:13:31 Conclusion https://robkoons.net/index.html