Peter van Inwagen - Arguing God from Pure Existence?

Donate to Closer To Truth and help us keep our content free and without paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq That there is 'something' and not 'nothing', and that science cannot explain why, is truly fascinating. Does this mean that there is a God? Some argue that if a 'Perfect Being' could exist, a Perfect Being must exist, because a Perfect Being is necessary. There must be something wrong with this. Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Watch more interviews on arguments for God: https://bit.ly/2EJNrH6 Peter van Inwagen is an American analytic philosopher and the John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: http://bit.ly/2GXmFsP Closer to Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.