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The debate between William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens at Biola University on April 4, 2009,

1. Why does William Lane Craig claim that the number of past events must be finite, and therefore, the universe must have had a beginning.

A. Because time is not infinite, and therefore, there cannot be an infinite series of past events that occurred in titme.

B. Because infinity is an idea and exists nowhere in reality, and therefore, there cannot be an infinite number of past events.

C. Because the human mind is finite can only comprehend a finite set of past events.

D. Because space is finite, and therefore, there can only be a finite set of past events that occurred in space.

2. What is Christopher Hitchen's critique of the cosmological argument?

A. Evolutionary theory is a much more elegant explanation of the natural order than the cosmological argument.

B. The cosmological argument is duplicitous because it assumes the regularity of natural laws, but allows for their suspension in the case of miracles.

C. Science can now prove how the world came to be and that God does not exist.

D. The cosmological argument is a presuppositionalist argument, and therefore, does not prove God's existence.

3. Who won the debate between Craig and Hitchens, in your view?

A. William Lane Craig (explain why)

B. Christopher Hitchens (explain why)