4.5 The first cause argument

Question 1

State what Aquinas observed about the natural world?

Answer 1

There is no event in the natural world that does not have a cause.

Question 2

What is another name for the first cause argument?

Answer 2

Cosmological argument

Question 3

What do Christians say is the first cause?

Answer 3

God

Question 4

What qualities do they say the first cause must have?

Answer 4

*God does not have a cause
*God is the cause of all things including time and space
*As the first cause he is eternal and unchanging