Russell's Objections
Bertrand Russell's famous objection that the Cosmological Argument commits the logical fallacy of special pleading by exempting God from the requirement that everything needs a cause. If everything requires a cause, God requires a cause; if God doesn't require a cause, then not everything requires a cause, undermining the argument's premise.
Real World
In the 1948 BBC radio debate between Bertrand Russell and Frederick Copleston, Russell declared 'The universe is just there, and that's all' — refusing to accept that the universe as a whole needs an explanation beyond its own existence.
Exam Focus
Quote Russell's 'the universe is just there' line directly — examiners recognise it as a key primary source for this objection.
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