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Alex O’Connor vs Cameron Bertuzzi Why is there something rather than nothing?

2018-10-11T00:00:00+01:00

YouTube atheist Alex O’Connor (aka Cosmic Skeptic) debates apologist Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity.

They discuss the argument from contingency and whether the existence of the universe is contingent on a necessary being - God.

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