According to the Kalam argument, there could not have been an infinite series of past events because
A) there is no objective way to individuate events in order to count them.
B) the possibility of simultaneous causation means that we do not need an infinite series of events.
C) the possibility of an infinite series of events is incompatible with the creation of the universe.
D) if there had been an infinite series of events, we would never have reached the present.

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The Kalam argument posits that an infinite series of past events would make it impossible to reach the present moment, as traversing an infinite series would be logically impossible. This is why it concludes that the universe must have a beginning.

According to the Kalam Argument, There Could Not Have Been