sentences:  In particular, Maimonides takes strong issue with the Kalamic proof of God's existence and unity from the Creation of the World in time.While Maimonides himself "does" regard the world as having been created "ex nihilo" (rather than being eternally existing, as Aristotle would have it; see GP, Book II Chapter 25, for example), Maimonides also considers this proposition as being far from obvious, and in all likelihood not susceptible to proof.He thus regards the Kalamic approach as starting from a position of "convenience" rather than from an irrefutable premise, and their methodology as being entirely tainted by their eagerness to produce certain results which support their prior beliefs.