> when i struggle with god s existence, i trace back the chain of causation. looking for a first cause. everything in the universe needs a cause. but does the universe as a whole need a cause? this simply is the cosmological argument; the greek word cosmos means order or universe . which philosophers from aristotle to aquinas have used to argue for god because of this assumed need of a first cause. or of an uncaused cause. or of an unmoved mover. at one time, i was almost persuaded, but the first cause argument for god has been attacked vehemently and rejected utterly. i m robert laurence kuhn and closer to truth is my journey to find out why. william lane craig is a christian philosopher known for debating atheists. every time he defends god s existence, he trumpets the argument from first cause, the cosmological argument. the cosmological argument is actually a family of arguments, different arguments, that all attempt to prove on the basis of the existence of the wor
israel cannot defend itself because the air bombs they continue to get bombs were from wherever they can. nobody stops the of them from getting arms. but truman was afraid that would bring in the u.s. to close on one side. militarily the relationship with israel began to change and israel began to get arms to the united states. but truman did not want to get involved and he thought that would lead to u.s. military involvement. on the other hand, they gave israel and truman the first international economic that they needed it desperately in order to separate jews from palestine and to truman did put that through. truman was not really a zionist even after words . he did not do everything israel supporters wanted. also i think he was picking his battles with the state department and i got the feeling after the recognition of israel he wanted to back off four while and he was well aware israel was getting arms from checklist a pocket and receiving a lot of money from amer